Horse on the World

Chapter 530 The meaning of the drunkard
Liaozhou City is no longer as prosperous and prosperous as it was a few months ago. In Shenzhou, Zeng Yifan and the Dingzhou army suddenly turned against each other, and Anshun Port immediately launched a surprise attack on the Dingzhou navy moored in Anshun Port. It was caught off guard. Now, a warship of [-] materials, tens of thousands of warships and a large number of transport fleets anchored in Anshun Port all fell into Zeng's hands, and the sailors on board were either captured or killed. Good crew dodged this one.

Before the people in Liaozhou City could figure out why they came back, fierce revenge came immediately. The huge navy of Dingzhou attacked from the sea, and stone bullets weighing dozens of catties were flying in the sky. The crossbow flew towards them with a whistling sound, and the Dingzhou Marine Corps made a forced landing several times, and Anshun Port was completely destroyed.

What's the matter?Are we not allies with Dingzhou?Why did they start fighting in the blink of an eye?The common people don't understand why the big shots turn their faces faster than the books, but they know that if there is a war, they will not have a good life. The Liaozhou Navy is almost non-existent. Above the sea, the Dingzhou Navy is brazenly showing off its might Passing by, sometimes approaching only a mile away from the shore, shooting a few eight-ox crossbows at Liaozhou City, hitting a few stone bullets, and then leaving Shi Shiran.

Liaozhou City has always been in such an atmosphere of panic. No one knows when the Dingzhou navy will come to attack on a large scale. Without a navy, they can only build fortresses on the shore and set up densely packed long-range weapons to counteract. The Dingzhou Navy is to protect Dingzhou City. As for other places outside Liaozhou City, they really can't take care of them and can't protect them.

This directly led to a large-scale flock of people from other places to Liaozhou. The city of Dingzhou was overcrowded and prices soared. Zeng could only order the city to be closed and no other fleeing people were allowed to enter Liaozhou. Under the order of Liaozhou, the coastal people were consciously driven to Liaozhou City.

When they arrived in Liaozhou, the people who couldn't enter the city could only build some simple tents in the city, and the whole Liaozhou city fell into a panic.Regarding these common people, Zeng couldn't ignore them, so he could only grit his teeth and pump out a large amount of food every day, and transport them out of the city so that the victims could spend the day.

The only thing Zeng can pray for is that the front line has already captured and killed Li Qing, so that the Dingzhou navy may not be entangled here.

But the result of hope is often disappointment. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and it will even gradually evolve into despair.Although Li Qing was surrounded at Baimadu, the attack on Baimadu was repeatedly frustrated. Now more than ten days have passed, and there is still no progress.But the front line of Liaozhou's coast has been devastated beyond recognition.

On the high sentry tower of Anshun Port, the soldiers on the lookout stood up slowly, raised the gong at their feet, and shouted feebly while beating: "Dingzhou people are coming again, ready to meet the enemy!" These days Come on, almost every three to five days, the Dingzhou Navy will come to harass. Now the sea outside Anshun Port has almost become the backyard of the opponent. Fortunately, there are only three or five ships every time. The intensity is not great.The opponent's Marine Corps never went ashore to conduct an assault.This made Zeng's soldiers slowly develop a sense of slack. Anyway, you can't go ashore, and I can't go to the sea. Across the wide sea, everyone fired a few stone bullets and fired a few eight-ox crossbows at each other. , meaning just fine.

The soldiers walked slowly towards the fort amidst the feeble sound of gongs, and began to prepare various long-range weapons.

After beating the alarm gong for a while, the soldiers on the watchtower were about to put down the gong, and when they had a good night's sleep, their eyes suddenly widened. No, there is something unusual today. The other party seems to have more ships.

He lay on the watchtower with his eyes wide open. On the sea level, one ship, two ships, three ships, slowly, his mouth opened into an O shape, and more than a dozen warships with three thousand materials appeared in front of him. , but on the sea level, there are still one after another bigger ships looming hideously. A naval warship with the flag of Dingzhou.

After hitting a whip, he suddenly picked up the gong thrown at his feet, and knocked on it quickly and hurriedly, "Enemy attack, enemy attack, a lot of warships."

In fact, there is no need for him to remind at this time. In the fortress, the garrison along the coast has seen a large number of warships rushing towards this side. This is not harassment, but a large-scale attack. Seeing the size of the enemy ships , The defenders on the shore immediately understood that they would face a hard battle today.

"What did you say? The whole army of the Dingzhou Navy is invading?" Zeng Qingfeng, whose condition has slightly improved in Liaozhou's Marshal's Mansion, is dealing with a mountain of government affairs, when the general in charge of coastal defense, Zeng Mi, hurried over.

"Yes, Marshal, there are now as many as a hundred enemy ships that have appeared on the sea, among which there are nearly fifty warships of [-] materials, and more than ten warships of [-] materials. Attack, it is very likely to launch a landing operation."

"Let's go and have a look!" Zeng Qingfeng didn't care about his serious illness, he dragged his heavy steps towards the city wall of Liaozhou, and walked towards the water village in Anshun Port.

On the sea about five miles away from the coast of Liaozhou City, the large ship has anchored, waiting for an attack order, while the unexpected small boats shuttled back and forth, driving unscrupulously into the water wall of Anshun Port, not far from the city wall. These small boats are fast , extremely flexible, even if it is attacked by a long range, it can dodge flexibly.

When Zeng Qingfeng climbed up the wall of the water village out of breath, the scene in front of him made him speechless in shock, densely packed ships covered the entire surface of the sea, and one of them was a super large ship that he had never seen before. , the five-thousand-material warship beside him looked like a small toy ship under his huge figure.

Zeng Qingfeng groaned, his eyes turned black, and he was on the point of fainting. Dingzhou actually built a sea giant like the Wanliao Ship.

Deng Peng was standing on the bridge of this giant ship at this time, looking at Liaozhou City not far away. Although the purpose of today's attack is not to conquer Liaozhou City, it is also necessary to give Liaozhou people a hard time. The lesson learned from this is that the naval and marine forces are insufficient. Although it can inflict heavy damage on Liaozhou, it is impossible to completely take him down. Although the current naval and marine corps has expanded to 1 people, its overall combat strength may not be as good as before. of those 5000 people.

"The fleet is ready to shoot. After three rounds of rapid fire, the marines rushed to land on the beach. Three thousand warships approached for cover!" Deng Peng issued an order.

"Obey!" Zheng Zhiqiang of the Marine Corps excitedly took the order and left.

"General Zheng!" Deng Peng's eyes turned to Zheng Zhiyuan beside him.

"The end is here!" Zheng Zhiyuan bowed.

"The real purpose of our attack this time is to get the commander out of Liaozhou City safely. After the Marine Corps landed, you led a small team up [-] miles upstream. There is a small port there. You can let the thousand warships dock. The port faces the mountains and the road is relatively steep. It is not suitable for a large army to land and fight. Therefore, only a few hundred Zeng's troops are stationed. If you capture this port, the general will board your ship there. Ship, you brought the commander back safely, you are the number one hero in this battle.

"The last will obey!"

"In order not to attract the attention of the enemy, you can only bring a few thousand-material warships there, but I will equip you with the best sailors and marines who are the most skilled in combat. If it grows longer, the consequences will be unpredictable. General Li will go with you." Just as Deng Peng's words fell, a person appeared behind him, clasped his fists at Zheng Zhiyuan and said, "Thank you, General Zheng!"

Zheng Zhiyuan returned the gift, but he didn't know the person in front of him. While he was in doubt, Deng Peng introduced: "This General Li is someone close to the general."

Zheng Zhiyuan suddenly realized that he had long heard that the commander had a group of highly skilled shadow guards, and it seemed that General Li was one of them.

The first stone bomb was fired from the Wanliao warship. This ship was equipped with a trebuchet tailor-made for him. The range was almost comparable to that used on land. It is only possible to install such a huge weapon on a large ship. The soldiers yelled and lifted a stone bomb weighing tens of kilograms to the catapult, twisted the cable, and released the trigger with a yell. The huge throwing arm of the catapult was as high as Raised high, the stone bullets burst out with a whistling sound.

The soldier on the shore defense line and the watchtower was extremely unlucky. The randomly aimed stone bomb flew right at his watchtower. The pupils were getting bigger and bigger. Between being smashed into a pulp or falling into a pulp, the soldier made a difficult choice, howling and jumping down from the high watchtower, with a miserable The cry, accompanied by the loud sound of the stone bullet hitting the watchtower, hit the ground like a rubber ball, bounced up suddenly, fell down again, bounced hands and feet a few times, and died.

Following the launch of this stone bomb, the trebuchets on the five-thousand-material warship also started to launch, and then the approaching three-thousand-material warship began to shoot. Round stone bullets flew in the air, and a violent counterattack started on the shore.

At the beginning, Dingzhou supported the Zeng family with a large number of weapons, and now they have finally played an important role. At least in the range, there is no loss on the shore, and the three thousand warships are completely within their range.

The thousand-material warship transporting the Marine Corps shot towards the coast like an arrow, Zheng Zhiqiang held a knife, squatted halfway on the bow of the first warship, and kept urging: "Hurry up, hurry up. Rush ashore and kill them all!"

From time to time, transport ships were hit by stone bullets and sank to the bottom of the sea, but more warships scattered above the sea and quickly approached the shore.

The hull shook and stopped abruptly. Zheng Zhiqiang knew that the warship could no longer move forward, so he jumped off the bow, stood in the waist-deep water, and shouted: "Brothers, go!"

At this time, they could clearly see the face of the enemy behind the opponent's first line of defense on the shore.The warship ran aground, and the sailors on board jumped up and quickly set up the scorpion cannon, or took up their bows and arrows, and began to cover the landing of the marines.

(End of this chapter)