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With the strength of Li Ke's fleet, there is no need to worry about these Gothic warships, but Cen Changqian's own safety cannot be guaranteed. After all, he is now alone on the Gothic warship, and even the guards around him are being killed. stayed in the boat.So what he has to do now is to return to the fleet safely.

Thinking of this, Cen Changqian broke out in a cold sweat. He tried to control his expression, trying not to let the other party see the murderous intention in his heart, and then said calmly: "General, your request is really embarrassing for us. , and the owner of the fleet is not me, so I need to report to the owner of the fleet Hi, Mrs. Prosecutor's latest chapter!"

After Cen Changqian finished speaking, she put on a timid expression on her face, and looked at the Gothic general who slapped herself in front of her, looking a little shy.It's just that in his heart, he has already regarded the other party as a dead person.Dare to beat up the counselors around Prince Datang, even if the opponent is the Gothic king, he will suffer their bloody revenge.

Seeing the guy in front of him who looked very proud at first, but was slapped into his original shape by himself, General One-Eared's vanity was greatly satisfied, he laughed and kicked Cen Changqian to the ground and said, "Go away!" , let that shit master behind you crawl over to meet me!"

The one-eared general couldn't imagine how stupid what he did today, and it was his slap and kick today that Cen Changqian, who was not very open-minded, firmly remembered in his heart. The revenge against General One Ear not only affected the entire Gothic kingdom behind him, even hundreds of years later, the Goths, who had become a minority, still cursed their stupid ancestor from time to time!Capital Datang 663

As a counselor, although Cen Changqian had a good life since he was a child, and he didn't even suffer much setbacks, he also knew what humiliation was.in his capacity.It would not be worthwhile to compete with the opponent because of a moment of anger, not to mention that he is only a scholar, and it is impossible to be the opponent of the one-eyed general.

It was exactly the same, I saw him get up from the deck silently, and then got on the boat amidst the ridicule of the surrounding Goths.The boats were soldiers from Prince Wu's Mansion. When they saw the slap marks on Cen Changqian's face and the distressed clothes, they were all furious and wanted to draw their swords on the spot.But Cen Changqian stopped them with his eyes and ordered them to return to the warship as quickly as possible.

"The servant is incompetent. In the past, Han Xin was humiliated by his crotch. At least he was able to retreat. However, the servant suffered such a great humiliation, but the other party not only wanted to detain our boat, but also clamored to leave us all to help them build the boat. It seems that there is nothing better today!" Cen Changqian returned to the boat.Xiang Li Ke and the others gave a wry smile and said,

"Brother Changqian, you...you have been wronged!" Li Ke immediately guessed what happened to Cen Changqian when he saw Cen Changqian's appearance.The same is true for Wang Fangyi and others around.They drew their knives one by one, clamoring to make the other party pay the price.

"All prepare for the battle, blast all these Goths to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish!" Li Ke is usually more magnanimous.But it also depends on the situation. From the moment he saw Cen Changqian being beaten, he had already made a decision to make these hateful Goths suffer a hundred times, a thousand times the revenge!

"Promise!" Wang Fangyi and other generals agreed, and immediately began to order the ships to prepare.In addition to four warships.The ships in Lu Wan's fleet are not ordinary merchant ships either, after all they are often on ocean routes.There are many dangers of encountering pirates and the like on the road, so each ship is equipped with a lot of weapons, among which the cheapest ballista is the most common.

Speaking of which, when the ballista was first created by Li Yin, it was only used as a whaling weapon, and the range was not too far. However, after some people improved it, and after getting in touch with Rome, it absorbed Some advantages of the Roman ballista, so the current ballista has been greatly improved. Although the range is not as good as the large bed crossbow, the cost is extremely low. Not only has it become the favorite of armed merchant ships, but also Even the army has adopted some ballistas instead of bed crossbows.

General One Ear sat on his five-oared warship, confidently waiting for the Han people in front of him to surrender voluntarily.In fact, he is not ignorant of the Great Tang. When some Romans passed by here before, they had already spread the things about the Great Tang to the Visigothic Kingdom.But in his opinion, no matter how powerful the Tang Dynasty is, it is of no use. After all, they are too far away from here, and it is impossible for the army to reach here.

What's more, this huge ship driven by the Han people has already attracted the attention of the Gothic nobles in Dingis City. They originally wanted to detain their ship at the port yesterday, but considering the large number of Han people on board, what if the other party is in A revolt at the port would likely cause unnecessary losses to the city, and there were so many merchants from other countries in the port, if the ship was detained under their noses, it would deal a blow to the reputation of their kingdom.

As for the force of Li Ke's fleet, General One Ear and the Gothic nobles all agreed that such a large ship is driven by wind, so it must be very inflexible in operation and slow to accelerate, so as long as they dispatch several times the number of ships , and then intercept the opponent at sea, then no matter how big the opponent's ship is, they can only let them fish in the end.

I have to say that although these Goths are barbaric, they still have a lot of insight into naval battles. If they intercepted an ordinary merchant ship and stopped on the sea, and the distance between the two sides has no room for acceleration, then It is really possible that the one-eared general will win the world.It's just a pity that what they encountered was Li Ke's fleet, especially there were four warships full of artillery, so the group of Goths hit the iron plate.

Following Li Ke's order, all combat-capable ships in the fleet moved into action, and the formation of the fleet began to change. Some supply ships and cargo ships entered the center of the fleet, while the hulls of the four warships moved horizontally. Facing the Goths, the artillerymen inside also began to work nervously, one after another projectiles were stuffed into the dark muzzle.

General One Ear and the others naturally noticed the changes in the fleet, and they were a little surprised at first. They didn't expect these Han people to dare to resist under such circumstances.However, when he saw the opponent's four huge ships facing him sideways, he laughed out loud, because in his opinion, the opponent simply placed the ship in a good position for them to run over. , and maybe even in his heart, he is still yelling at the Han people for being stupid.

It's a pity that with the IQ of the one-eared general, it is difficult to understand what is called long-range attack, let alone what is called artillery.

That is, amid the laughter of General One Ear, Li Ke finally ordered everyone to fire. As a result, with a thunderous roar, hundreds of artillery pieces fired at the same time, and black projectiles flew out with a whistling sound, like a thunderbolt. Streaks of black lightning rushed towards the Gothic warship.

In order to prevent Li Ke and his fleet from speeding up and fleeing, the Goths deliberately kept their warships not far from Li Ke's fleet, no more than a mile or so at most, and hundreds of warships were crowded together, which could almost be said to be a ship. Head to stern, as a result of this round of artillery, almost half of the artillery hit the target. For a while, the screams on the Gothic warship became one, and countless people were cut or even killed by the blown wood chips.

General One Ear's ship was the largest and the most forward, so at least ten cannons were aimed at his ship. As a result, four shells hit the head and middle of the ship, and the entire front half of the ship was immediately destroyed. At the same time, the oarsmen inside were hit by projectiles, and there were many casualties. Large streams of sea water kept rushing upwards from several holes.

The one-eared general still kept his laughing posture, but the expression on his face was frozen, and there was even a trace of confusion in his eyes, as if he didn't believe what happened in front of him at all.

And it is worth mentioning that General One Ear was very lucky. The soldiers around him were affected by a cannon that hit the side of the ship. Countless sawdust slashed through the crowd like knives. A series of openings were made, and the unlucky one was shot in the eye, screaming and running around on the spot.Only General One Ear and a few soldiers were unscathed, but they were all frightened by the tragedy in front of them, and stood there motionless.Capital Datang 663

However, this was only the first round of bombardment. Li Ke, Wang Fangyi and others were already full of anger because of the humiliation of Cen Changqian, and Li Ke had already issued an order just now that none of the Goths would be left behind. , Another round of artillery salvo began, and the accuracy of the artillery after correcting the shooting angle increased greatly. More Gothic ships were injured or even sank under the artillery, and many Gothic soldiers even jumped into it. In the sea, in order to avoid the bombardment of artillery.

What's even worse for the Goths is that their officers have never experienced this kind of scene at all. They are either as frightened as the one-eared general, or as frightened as ordinary soldiers. Fleeing like a mouse, I never thought of fighting back.

In fact, in this case, regardless of whether the Goths resisted or not, the outcome was already doomed the moment Cen Changqian received that slap, and this was just a small interest paid by the Goths. When they arrive at the Iberian Peninsula for the second time, will they really taste what regret is?

After several rounds of volleys, among the hundreds of Gothic warships, few of them sank directly, but most of them were injured by the artillery, and their speed was also affected. They even fled. no.At this time, the four warships on Li Ke's side also stopped firing. After all, shells also cost money.

Immediately afterwards, under the command of Wang Fangyi, four warships were the main force, supported by armed merchant ships in the rear, and they accelerated towards the Goths' warships. As a result, under the crush of these tall ships, the Goths were half paralyzed. The paddle-seat warships had no power to resist at all, like wounded women, being crushed by huge ships, and the remaining soldiers on board also fell into the water one after another. What's more, the solitary General Er is still alive.