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Chapter 653
The name of Yishui has different meanings in ancient times.

The Weishui River in the former Qin Dynasty is today's Yalu River, which is the division of Yan State and Jizi North Korea.During the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up four Han counties in North Korea, and the Wei River was pushed to the Qingchuan River today.Weishui County became one of the nine counties of Lelang.

Today, Xishui refers to the Datong River Basin, which has been the political and cultural center of the peninsula since North Korea came into power.Today, a certain leader on the peninsula proposed the advanced concept that the Datong River is the fifth largest civilization in the world.

After a night of violent storms, the sea is now a drizzly landscape.At the estuary of the Datong River, there are almost all warships in the dark. Zhao Jun's warships are like moving castles, with ballistas on both sides of the ship, and countless warships and light ships in front of the fleet.

Due to the influx of seawater from the estuary, the blue-black sea has turned white, and the river water and seawater are clearly separated, but the heavy rain that has been raging all night has just stopped at this time, and the sea surface is foggy and hazy.Because of the heavy rain before, the water was calm and no ships could be seen. Apparently, the ships of Goguryeo were sheltering from the wind in the harbor.There was silence all around, and the Goguryeo people didn't notice the Zhao Jun fleet that suddenly came to the door.

Li Chongjiu stood on the deck, his military robe rattled by the wind.He looked at the mouth of the Weishui from a distance, and said to Cheng Mingzhen, the general of the navy: "Goguryeo didn't know anything about the arrival of our army. This is our opportunity. Now I order you to go straight up the river and enter the Weishui to find the Goguryeo water." Army, attack the port by surprise, not let a single ship go."

"No, Your Majesty." Cheng Mingzhen agreed loudly.

Looking at the water, Li Chongjiu said with majestic eyes: "The battle of shame is today! Avenge the 30 robes that were trapped in Liaodong!"

"revenge!"

Cheng Mingzhen led hundreds of flat-bottomed warships, left Li Chongjiu's main fleet, entered the Wei River and went upstream.The waves of the Weishui River estuary beat, and from a distance, Zhao Jun's warships were one after another, like a moving city wall, which could not be seen at a glance, and the masts on the ships were like a forest.

At this moment, the Zhao Jun fleet landed on the land of Goguryeo.

Soon after, the leading ship in front found the port of Goguryeo.Cheng Mingzhen immediately ordered Zhao Jun's fleet to form a crane wing formation.The purpose of Cheng Mingzhen's formation of crane wings is to wipe out the Koguryo fleet at the port, and not one ship will be spared in order to carry out Li Chongjiu's order.

In the rain and fog, the watchtower on the port found Zhao Jun's battleship.They sounded the alarm at the first moment, and the first reaction of the Goguryeo people was that the warships of the Silla people were attacking.In fact, there are indeed many Silla warships in Zhao Jun's fleet.

clang clang!

The sentry post issued a hasty warning sound of enemy attack, and then there was a loud whistling sound, and the sentry post slammed instantly, and it was collapsed by the stone catapult on the Zhao army's battleship.

Zhao Jun took the lead and gave the Goguryeo people a slap in the face.
In Weishui Harbor, hundreds of Goguryeo fishing boats and warships were moored in one place. Now that there is an enemy attack, the harbor is like a hornet's nest being blown up. All kinds of ships are crowded together, and warships and civilian ships are crowded together. .

Cheng Mingzhen laughed when he saw this scene, and then ordered the fleet to attack.

After Zhao Jun's large ship entered the port, its huge hull immediately blocked the entrance and exit of the port.The warships of the Goguryeo Navy are very low, and they are not comparable to the large ships of the Zhao Army.But they knew that if the port was blocked by Zhao Jun's big ships, they would only have the fate of being wiped out in the port.

So Goguryeo's navy reacted when they saw Zhao Jun's warships blocking the port like a hill, and all the warships went crazy and rushed towards Zhao Jun's warships.

Goguryeo warships are like arrows from their bows, and Goguryeo sailors are struggling to paddle small oars.The long and pointed warships unique to the Goguryeo people are like centipedes with countless legs, flying across the water quickly.Snapped!Snapped!There are splashes of paddles hitting the water everywhere, splashing high.

The soldiers of the Goguryeo water army rushed to the bow and rushed to the bow, and bundles of arrows were piled on the deck.The Goguryeo people are good at archery, and they also use bows and arrows first in water warfare.On both sides of the deck of the Goguryeo battleship, there are full of Goguryeo soldiers with white turbans on their heads and trousers with tight feet.

After getting close, they picked up their bows and crossbows, raised them at a 45-degree angle, and shot desperately towards Zhao Jun's battleship.At this time, the drums in the back array thumped, and along with the rapid drumming, the arrows of the Goguryeo people flew like flying.The ballista on the larger battleship also fired, hitting the Zhao army's battleship.The offensive of the Goguryeo water army was still very fast. In an instant, small stone throws and crossbow arrows sifted down on the ten large Zhao army ships entering the port like rain.

The arrows kept firing, and the sound of "swoosh" piercing the air was mixed with shouts and curses in Goguryeo slang.

However, except for the ballista, Goguryeo's bows and arrows hit the triple cladding covered with cowhide on the outside of the large ship, but they seemed to be itchy, and the catapults hit the cladding, mostly slipping into the water.Even if it is a ballista, if it penetrates the cladding at a longer distance, it will not be able to penetrate the cabin made of strong wood by Zhao Jun.

What's more, Zhao Jun's large ships have a closed water tank design, even if part of the hull is damaged, the ship will not sink.In fact, Goguryeo did not pay much attention to the water army. After all, the small ballistas and catapults carried on small boats were nothing compared to the ballistas and catapults on large ships.

But what is strange is that Zhao Jun's big ship endured Goguryeo's bow and crossbow blows, but did not fight back.Standing on both sides of the ship's side are catapults and Zhao Jun's soldiers beside the crossbow are like decorations.On the entire Zhao Jun battleship, there are only paddles protruding from both sides of the deck, paddling water quickly.

The big ship forcibly withstood the attack of the Goguryeo people, but plunged into the harbor and killed the Goguryeo people.

Although the Goguryeo Fleet did not know Zhao Jun's intentions, they would not let the other party get so close to their fleet.But seeing the approaching Goguryeo warships approaching Zhao Jun's warships one after another, it was obviously a plan to prepare for a gang battle.

Seeing this scene, a sneer appeared on Cheng Mingzhen's face, and he cursed death.Sure enough, Zhao Jun's warships were smashed down with their poles, and several Goguryeo warships approaching were destroyed.

In an instant, Zhao Jun's battleship had penetrated into the formation of Goguryeo's battleship, and at this time, the crossbows on both sides of the strings of ten Zhao's warships shot at the Goguryeo fleet below the ship!
The long and narrow warship has two strings, and more than a dozen crossbows are deployed, flying towards the Goguryeo ships on both sides unscrupulously.

This is a full-fire strike. Relying on its strong hull, Zhao Jun's battleship penetrated into the heart of the Goguryeo fleet, and then unleashed a full-strength blow to fully bloom.Almost all Goguryeo warships are within the range of the Zhao army's crossbow machine, and the crossbow arrows can easily penetrate through the thin hull of the Goguryeo warship.

The Koguryo soldiers standing on the deck were suppressed by Zhao Jun's crossbowmen above the bow, and they were shot into the water one by one like dumplings.On the mast, on the board of the ship, and on the deck, Zhao Jun's crossbow arrows were covered with arrows one after another, and the Goguryeo soldiers were either nailed to the ship.Or be shot overboard.

Several Goguryeo ships that were close to Zhao Jun's battleship were even pierced with more than a dozen large holes by crossbows, turned over on the sea surface, and sank to the bottom of the water.

At this time, the catapult on the Zhao Jun battleship began to call the Goguryeo warships one by one, and boulders flew over one by one within Chichi, smashing the Goguryeo warships into the water.

A pool of blood mist arose on the surface of the water, and the water was instantly stained red with blood.
"Go in, there can't be a Goguryeo ship floating on the water!"

After Cheng Mingzhen gave an order, Zhao Jun's fleet sailed into the harbor, intercepting the fish that slipped through the net, and the Goguryeo fleets that were trying to break out of the siege were sunk on the river.

Zhao Jun not only intercepted the battleship, but also further expanded the results of the battle. After reaching the shore, the catapults and crossbows on the bow of the ship swept away the buildings of the Goguryeo Army on the shore.Houses were thrown down one by one, and the arrows from the bed crossbow easily cut off the Goguryeo soldiers on the bank who were trying to counterattack Zhao Jun with bows and arrows.

Seeing that most of the warships of the Goguryeo Army were sunk, Zhao Jun's warships began to sail into the port.The fast boat full of soldiers of the Zhao army cleared the Goguryeo soldiers who fell into the water and landed at the same time.But half an hour later, the port named Nanpu at the mouth of the Weishui River was captured.
On Nanpu port, the beacon fires on the five or six beacon towers have been extinguished, but the beacon fires on the distant beacon towers are still burning.

Large streams of beacon smoke were burning, pointing in the direction of Pyongyang City.

At this moment, the whole city of Pyongyang has already heard the news of Zhao Jun's attack, and now Zhao Jun is only fifty miles away from Pyongyang.

(End of this chapter)