Late Tang

A battle ensued.

The rapidly charging 艨艟 and the Daxie Zhai army on the walking 舸 began to fight back with bows and crossbows, and even more soldiers manipulated the bamboo pole crossbow and Fuyuan crossbow to shoot at the bastion of the pier, but the distance was too far, and the bastion was six feet long high, it is difficult for their arrows to shoot up.The defenders at the pier strictly obeyed orders, and only about [-]% of the soldiers were shooting bows and arrows, deliberately creating a false appearance that the defenders were not strong enough to lure the enemy to keep approaching.

Li Jing watched the battle from a high stand on the bastion. Although Feng Zhang was arrogant, he still fought very well.Although the whole army attacked, it was actually in a clear order.At the forefront is the most fire-resistant and fastest warship assault ship.If a building ship is equivalent to an aircraft carrier, a fighting ship is a battleship, a sea falcon is a cruiser, a frigate is a frigate, and a yacht is a frigate, then the warship is a destroyer.

The warships in Daxie village attacked, and the warships rushed the fastest, and the eighteen warships almost rushed to the front in a zigzag shape.Each boat carries a hundred people, including half rowers and half sailors.Li Jing made a rough calculation. Although there were few soldiers on the warship, there were still [-] soldiers in the [-] ships charging together.As far as Li Jing knows, this method of warfare is commonly used by officers and sailors. When dealing with pirates, first use the Assault Ship to catch up with the enemy and entangle the enemy, and then wait for the follow-up battleships and pirates to kill them kill.

Now Feng Zhang also has the same idea, taking the most fire-resistant and fastest warship as the pioneer, not only wants to take advantage of the speed to snatch the dock, but also has the purpose of letting the warship test the strength of the dock guards.Once Li Jing uses the legendary magic fire, he will immediately judge the situation, and if it is not possible, he can immediately let the scorpion retreat at high speed.Before he really ascertained the situation at the pier, he would not rashly put the fighting ships and building ships carrying a large number of soldiers and horses on it.

Assault by boats, cover by boats, support by sea falcons, once the assault succeeds in grabbing the beach, Feng Zhang will bring the building boats and fighting boats to the shore quickly and escort a large number of sailors to land.This is actually a standard method of fighting for the island. At least in the previous battles to eliminate pirates, Feng Zhang used this method to eliminate many pirates, and felt sorry for the pirates near the Daxie Islands.

Li Jing saw that under the intentional release of water by the defenders, eighteen warships rushed to the pier quickly under the rain of arrows. From such a short distance, he could even clearly see the thick rawhide covered on the warships.The warship that rushed directly to the shore of the pier quickly lowered the bridge boards one by one, and the soldiers who were already ready to go quickly rushed off the ship with shields and knives and shouts.These soldiers are very experienced. Under the order of several officers with mountain-patterned armor, they did not continue to charge as soon as they rushed to the pier, but quickly assembled on the spot and formed a shield formation first.To cover more soldiers behind to go ashore.

The warships that docked did not leave, but stopped on the shore, quickly serving as long-range strike support.Those sailors came out of the slurry room, quickly acted as crossbowmen and gunners, set up heavy crossbows and cannons, and began to load and launch, serving as fire cover for the soldiers who went ashore.

From charging to landing on the beach, and remote support, the whole action is smooth and smooth.

With the support of crossbow arrows and cannons from behind, the [-] soldiers who went ashore suddenly dispersed the entire shield formation again, and divided it into countless fish-scale small formations. A group of ten people formed a small team and attacked forward in a dispersed manner.

Seeing these soldiers approaching the first line of picket piles, Li Jing gently patted the wall stack on the top floor of the bastion, and said calmly: "Command, the crossbowmen in the left wing release their arrows."

Lin Wei, the deputy general of the left wing of the Zhanbing Battalion saw the flag order issued by Li Jing on the bastion, and immediately ordered: "Bowmen, free arrows."

In the left chamber, there are ten groups of nearly [-] crossbowmen from the five capitals and ten teams, and they immediately started shooting at the pier from the thirty arrow towers. There are ten people on each arrow tower, and two people form a group. a goal.After more than a month of arduous training, the three hundred crossbowmen's archery skills have greatly improved. Standing on the three-foot-high arrow tower and shooting condescendingly, the power of the archers has been further improved.

"Shhhhhh!"

Three hundred archers opened their bows and released their arrows at the same time, and suddenly the arrows rained down, and a layer of metal enveloped the sky above the pier.

The rain of arrows enveloped the enemy army, and fell into the enemy army in an instant. Although the Daxie army on the pier had been prepared and quickly raised their shields to block them, more than ten people were still injured and fell to the ground in the rain of arrows.The surviving wounded soldiers lay on the ground, screaming again and again.

"Good shot!" Lin Wei clapped his hands in front of the formation and shouted, "Keep shooting!" Although Li Jing didn't let the defenders shoot with all their strength, even so, Lin Wei didn't intend to make things easier for the enemy.If the fight is too weak, it will be bad if Feng Zhang sees it.

"Fantasy soldiers shoot crossbow arrows, jump and swing soldiers' equipment!" Lin Wei roared.When the crossbowmen on the arrow tower opened their strings again, the surprise soldiers behind the wooden fence under the tower began to shoot a volley of crossbows. They fired in a straight row, and shot and killed more than a dozen enemy troops who had landed.The soldiers in Daxie village all wore leather armor, and the officers were also equipped with the most arrow-resistant mountain armor, which greatly reduced the attack effect of crossbow arrows.

The crossbowmen, surprise soldiers, and jumping soldiers took turns to open their bows, one for shooting, one for preparation, and one for loading, forming an almost uninterrupted arrow array.The members of the Modao team and the cavalry team did not participate in the shooting. They all stood behind the wooden fence to recharge their batteries.

Daxie soldiers fell one by one, but the losses were still within their tolerance.They went on, rushed to the first picket, and began to cut the picket to make a way.

Seeing that the first batch of soldiers and horses boarded the pier smoothly, the second batch of walkers and yachts on the sea were also approaching the pier, but the sea falcon boats had been cruising in the sea outside the pier, as if they were guarding against the appearance of warships from Shamen Town.

The second batch of people who went ashore was smaller, only about five hundred.

Seeing the Daxie soldiers getting closer and closer, Li Jing waved his hand, "Fu Yuan crossbow into battle." The messenger waved the command flag, and immediately the itchy crossbowmen who had been waiting on the nine bastions rushed to the early Already aimed at a good target launch.This time, only one-third of the Fuyuan crossbows on the nine bastions were used. The twelve heavy crossbows entered the enemy army at the wharf with a sharp howling sound, and smashed several shields in an instant. Four or five enemy troops were crucified on the pier.

The Fuyuan crossbow on the bastion kept firing, and it could fire fifteen bolts every quarter of an hour. Such a heavy crossbow plowed through the area on the pier that had already marked its range, taking away the lives of the soldiers one after another. .The soldiers from the Shamen town behind were applauding, but Feng Zhang, who was watching the battle on the ship in the back, said indifferently: "The skills are so good, the little thief Qian donkey has no skills. Send an order, and the whole army rushes to land on the beach." He has been watching for so long After a long time, he has seen that although Li Jing has nine forts, thirty arrow towers, two ditches, and two wooden fences on the shore, but when he observes the strength of the counterattack on the pier, the opponent's strength is obviously insufficient.There are no more than a thousand crossbowmen, no more than a dozen heavy crossbows, and fewer cannons.Although Li Jing may temporarily hide part of his strength by not queuing, even if it doubles again, then he is not afraid of worrying.

If Li Jing only had this strength, he would have nothing to fear.

With an order from Feng Zhang at will, the three building boats and eight fighting ships that had been cruising a thousand steps away from the pier finally drove towards the pier quickly amidst the rumble of war drums.These eleven warships were fully loaded with [-] seals to reward the most elite subordinates.Under the cover of the sea falcon ship, they rammed straight towards the pier with full sails.

"It's close, it's close, Feng Zhang has finally taken the bait!" Wang Zhong, the tenth general of the auxiliary barracks next to Li Jing, blushed with excitement. "General, throw divine fire and burn his grandma. One Buddha ascends to heaven, and two Buddhas are born."

"Wait a little longer, and then throw the Shenhuo when the ship is on the pier." When the opponent's soldiers disembarked and landed, that is when the enemy is most vulnerable. Carrying 600 people, it is impossible for so many people to disembark at once.It would be best to strike suddenly while the soldier was disembarking in confusion.

Behind the wooden fence behind the second ditch under the bastion, the officers of each capital and each team shouted in deep voices, "Hold on, hold on, and wait for General Hou's order to attack."

Seeing that the group of Daxie soldiers who went ashore the first had already broken through the first picket formation and rushed to the front of the first Haogou. There were only a short distance left from the Modao team of the battle camp behind the first wooden fence. At a short distance, all the Mo Dao soldiers are already holding the Mo Dao that is one foot long and weighs fifteen catties and is ready to fight.All Mo Dao Shou wear full-covered iron helmets that cover their faces, leaving only a few small holes, and wear iron armor consisting of two parts, the front and the back.Inside this Zhajia, there is also a piece of Suozijia, and a cover armor made of silk and gold on the outside. If it weren't for the fear that the Mo Dao handmen would carry too much weight, Li Jing even thought about letting these Mo Dao Put another leather armor on the hands.

There are a large number of iron armor and leather armor in the warehouse, with three or four thousand sets in stock. Now the soldiers on the whole island have one set of armor, such as Mo Dao soldiers, who have two sets. Made an exception and issued a set of leather armor.

Wearing double-layer armor and full-coverage helmets, these Mo Dao hands not only have extremely strong attack power, but also have quite abnormal defensive capabilities.Arranging them at the forefront here reflects their role.

Seeing that Da Xie Bing was getting closer and closer, looking through the wooden fence, dense crowds of human heads crowded the entire front.Although this was not the first battle for many Salmen town soldiers, there were still quite a few of them with pale faces, beating hearts, and shortness of breath.

When the ant-like Daxie soldiers in front cut down the first picket, filled the first trench, and finally rushed to the front of the first wooden fence, suddenly, before the Mo Daomen were ready to swing their knives Stopping the enemy soldiers from killing them, countless whistling sounds suddenly sounded in the sky.Some Mo Daoists couldn't help but look up to the sky when they heard the sound, and suddenly, countless burning black pottery pots with long orange-red tail flames were flying all over the sky, just like a group of flying black crows flying towards the densely covered sky on the pier. Suddenly pecked away from the enemy group.

Drawing a beautiful orange-red arc, one after another clay pots fell like raindrops, covering the entire pier. Hundreds of thousands of pots fell to the ground and splashed one after another, blooming blossoming flowers among the densely packed crowd. The sparks are radiating, gorgeous and beautiful fireworks.

(To be continued)