The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 136 Set sail and show off
Crossing the sea was under great pressure. Although the warship was still very powerful when it hit the sea, he looked at the invisible pirate ship in front of him and knew that his hope of winning was very slim, especially when he saw that Hunjianglong's ship was always far away. Avoiding his attack range and not giving him any chance at all, he knew that although his opponent was just a pirate, he was a smart pirate, and it would not be easy to defeat him.

Zhou Qun took a very clever approach. He let the pirates disperse, took advantage of the fact that the pirate ships were lighter and more numerous than the naval warships, avoided the frontal impact of the naval warships, and let the naval warships lure them in. Then catch up from the side and behind, use iron hooks to hook the naval warships, adsorb on the naval warships like leeches, climb up, and start fighting with the naval officers and soldiers.

In this way, the impact of the naval warships is useless, but the advantages of the pirates' large numbers of people are fully utilized. When the pirates' intentions are discovered across the sea, there are already more than [-] warships. Caught in the siege of pirates, they quickly lost their speed and were surrounded by more and more pirates. Many pirates jumped onto the warships and started a bloody fight with the navy officers and soldiers.Once confronted head-on with the pirates, the lack of combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers was manifested. It didn't take long for the naval warships to fall into the hands of the pirates one after another. They cut down the naval battle flags, The pirate flag was raised, and in turn attacked the navy officers and soldiers.

The situation took a turn for the worse, the morale of the pirates soared, and the sense of depression brought about by the impact of the navy's warships began to be swept away. They were full of enthusiasm, shouting various slogans, and counterattacked the navy.

Yue Hai was helpless, so he had to order all the officers and soldiers of the navy to press on, and with the overall strength to push back the pirates, he rescued the dozen warships that were still desperately resisting, and then retreated with all his strength, left the battlefield, and prepared to retreat to the waterway entrance Think again.

However, within half an hour, the navy's defeat appeared. Although more than 100 pirate ships were overturned in the initial impact, they lost about [-] medium-sized warships. In comparison, the navy suffered a greater loss.

A smug smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Qun's mouth. He heaved a sigh of relief, and gave the other pirates an order to pursue them in high spirits.

Navy?This time, let you come and go, and see whose Donghai belongs to Donghai in the future.

Countless pirates with a wait-and-see attitude saw that the forward had successfully turned the tide of the battle, and no longer hesitated, followed by raising their sails, paddling their oars, and rushing towards the navy officers and soldiers.After defeating the navy, the more than 300 merchant ships will be their trophies, and no one will be left behind at this time. More than 2000 large and small pirate ships followed several medium-sized warships, hitting countless snow-white waves, scrambling to be the first, tens of thousands of oars scrambling for the first time, the shouts of excitement mixed with the sound of hitting the water, revealing endless The battle drums of greed and longing came and went one after another, and the sea was even more lively than the market.

Yue Hai was very aggrieved. He had expected the danger this time, but he didn't expect the danger to come so quickly. He had commanded many battles before, and he had also fought in battles where the weak defeated the strong, but the difference in strength today was too great. There are smart people in command among the pirates, and he can't resist it at all.

"Where did General Sun retreat to?" Yue Hai's face was cold and ugly, partly angry and partly regretful.

"They have already retreated to the waterway, but General Sun blocked the entrance of the waterway." Zhu San, his personal guard, smiled wryly, "It looks like he wants to intercept the pirates."

"Ignorance." Yue Hai cursed in a low voice, spit out a mouthful, and said bitterly: "Only his two ships can stop so many pirates? What a joke! Hurry up and make him retreat into the waterway. Come and block the entrance of the waterway. Damn it, this time it's a big loss, I might ruin my reputation here."

"General, let's take General Sun with us to retreat. There are so many merchant ships here, so the pirates won't be chasing us."

"You think I don't want to." Yue Hai yelled: "Don't hesitate, let him enter the waterway and go out from the other end, hurry up, if we are stopped by pirates, none of us will be able to get away, then don't blame me for not showing loyalty .For his meal of wine, I lost more than [-] boats, which is a big loss."

Zhu San nodded and ordered the semaphore to be issued.

"Alas—" Sun Shangxiang sighed: "The combat power of the naval division is really poor. Look at the one whose surname is Yue boasting fiercely, but he fought like a puddle of mud. He was defeated in half an hour. It's really shameful, I'm afraid. If my female guard comes to fight, it won't be so miserable."

Guan Feng straightened up with her back supported, just looking down with her head made her feel a little uncomfortable.She rubbed her eyes, looked at the retreating naval warship, and then turned her gaze to Sun Shao on the right, ignoring Sun Shangxiang's complaints.

Sun Shao was instructing people to pull the pulley and disassembled the giant wood connecting the two buildings. As the two ships separated, the shaking caused by the wind and waves was obviously much larger. Guan Xiaoqing and Qiaoyue caught up and wanted to help her back She sat down in the cabin, but she grabbed the cabin door and refused to go in, her eyes fixed on Sun Shao who was busy.

Sensing his gaze, Sun Shao waved his hand to Guan Feng and laughed loudly: "Auntie, madam, I will leave this place to you. When the pirates come, you should beat them hard. Don't save face for them."

Guan Feng suppressed the tension in her heart and nodded vigorously. Although she believed that Sun Shao would make arrangements, she didn't know whether his arrangements would work or not.It was only because of her dependence on Sun Shao that she let Sun Shao do it without saying a word.

Sun Shangxiang's mentality is similar to Guan Feng's, but she is carefree by nature. Seeing the soldiers on the ship busy now, she is more excited than fearful.Although she has more than 200 female guards under her command, and she often practiced in the barracks, she had never actually been on the battlefield. This time she came to the front line in person and fought with so many pirates. A little numb and swollen, an indescribable sense of comfort filled the whole body.

"Aman, don't worry, I'm here." Sun Shangxiang patted his chest, and assured him with redness: "Don't worry, with me here, your wife and son will not miss a hair."

After Sun Shao heard the last sentence, he couldn't laugh or cry. This Aunt Tiger really spoke endlessly.

"So, please Auntie, if you win this battle, you will be a real female general."

"Hahaha, it's a must." Sun Shangxiang laughed wildly, walked to Feilu's front desk, and waved his hand: "Raise my old lady's battle flag, and prepare to crush the pirates madly."

Several female guards rushed to the mainmast quickly, and raised the battle flag of Sun Shangxiang, who had been working for a long time but had never actually been on the battlefield.

Sun Shangxiang leaned on the railing and looked down at the busy soldiers on the deck, her eyebrows dancing with excitement.With the creaking sound, fifteen ten-stone giant crossbows appeared out of thin air on the deck, three of them pointed straight ahead, and there were six on each side of the bulwarks. Behind each giant crossbow, two strong men pulled a wheel. The shaped handle is pulling the thick crossbow string towards the hanging knife little by little.Sun Shangxiang was amazed when he saw it. A ten-stone crossbow like this used to require more than a dozen people to wind it, and it was even pulled by oxen. Now, with such a wheel, two people can wind it?
Regardless of whether she can accept it or not, it is a fact that the strings of fifteen giant crossbows have been in place one after another. Another soldier who had been waiting at the side quickly placed a huge crossbow arrow like a spear in the arrow groove, and the cold light flashed. The arrow points directly to the sea ahead.

Behind the three giant crossbows directly in front, there are four Thunderbolt chariots placed at intervals. There are four operators behind each trolley, who are operating in an orderly manner. To the sailors, not to mention the pirates who followed, it seemed to them that all these things were done every day, and they seemed very calm and natural.

There were no Thunderbolt chariots placed on the slats on both sides, but there were three huge wooden pillars on each side. Sun Shangxiang always thought it was a side mast, but now she realized that it was not at all. These six giant logs were about eight feet high and three feet thick. A black ball was attached to the iron chain about [-] feet long. It didn't look very big, but it was extremely heavy.

"What are these?" Sun Shangxiang asked, pointing to the thunderbolt car and those tall wooden pillars.

"They are all sharp weapons prepared by my husband. With these sharp weapons, my aunt will definitely become a female general with great military exploits." Guan Feng sat firmly in the cabin and said with a faint smile.

Sun Shangxiang smiled awkwardly. Speaking of which, Sun Shao handed over the ship to her, but she didn't know much about it. Fortunately, Sun Shao just let her sit in command and didn't ask her to command it, otherwise it would be a shame.

Holding the saber, Zhao Xiu walked up to Sun Shangxiang and bowed to salute: "Ma'am, the crossbow, Thunderbolt chariot, and racket are all ready, Madam, please give the order to fight."

"Okay, ready to fight."

"Here." Zhao Xiu turned around and sounded the war drum. The deep drum sound rumbled across the noisy battlefield, like thunder before a heavy rain.

The merchant ships in the waterway couldn't see the battle situation ahead, they only knew from the sound of the gong of the navy's retreat that the navy was defeated, and now General Henghai's building boat was the last guarantee in front of them.Some people in front saw Sun Shao's building and boat separated and disappeared from their sight. They didn't know what they were doing there. What they knew was that it was absolutely impossible for Sun Shao to leave them and escape alone.Because although one of Sun Shao's boats has left, that one is still there. They know that it is the boat of Sun Shao's wife, Guan Feng. Sun Shao's love for his wife is obvious to all. will run away.

There is only one possibility, Sun Shao is going to fight.

Can a large ship be braver than seventy or eighty naval warships?Although they hoped that Sun Shao would succeed, they were still uneasy. Although Sun Shao's reputation among the officers and soldiers of the Jiaozhou Navy was miraculous, no matter how amazing he was, he couldn't count one as a hundred, not to mention that there were a total of two thousand pirates here. Boat.

Businessmen are skeptical.

When Yue Hai saw Sun Shao's warship, he was also very puzzled. He also had a large ship and was defeated. How dare Sun Shao go into battle alone?Is he being too self righteous?Just as he was considering whether to make a last effort, Sun Shao's upstairs called a semaphore, asking him to return to the waterway and assist another building ship to protect the waterway mouth, so as not to let the pirate ship rush in and harm the merchant ships.Yue Hai wanted to ask a few more questions, but Sun Shao's boat had already sailed away, so he didn't give him a chance at all.

Zhu San pointed at Sun Shao's back, very surprised: "General, where is he going?"

Yue Hai was also very suspicious, but he stroked the short beard under his jaw and didn't say anything.The waterway mouth is in the west, and the pirates are in the east, but Sun Shao turned to the south. The intention is unknown, but he found a problem. Sun Shao's ship is very fast, and it is also a building ship. Sun Shao's ship is faster than his building ship much faster.

"His boat is famous." Yue Hai turned his head and glanced at Zhu San: "Did you see that he has a scull?"

Zhu San also discovered the problem. Generally, small boats use oars more, and large ships use sculls more, because oars are faster than oars. Soochow's building boats generally use giant oars, and the boats crossing the sea are like this. Sun Shao's building is usually from Hou Guan The ones from the shipyard are of course equipped with sculls, but now there are only scull holes on this building ship, but not a scull. All they can see is the snow-white waves rolling behind the ship. The ship drifted away at a speed they had never seen before.

"Why is his ship so fast?" Zhu San muttered to himself, "It's half as fast as our ship, almost catching up with the fighting ship."

"General Sun has a chest, do you still remember that Ge Heng?" A faint smile appeared on the corner of Yue Hai's mouth.

Zhu San thought for a while, then nodded: "I know."

"He is General Sun's guest, and he has a lot of research on shipbuilding. I wanted to keep him in the shipyard last time, but he refused. It seems that this ship is his masterpiece again." Yue Hai looked back at the one who was chasing closer and closer The pirate, after thinking for a moment, gritted his teeth: "In this case, I will accompany him to go crazy. Order the soldiers to go back to the waterway and divide them into two parts. One part will march at the entrance of the waterway, and the other will go through the waterway to form an formation at the other end. "

Zhu San hesitated for a moment, seeing Yue Hai's expression was determined, he didn't dare to say more, so he gave the order.

The naval warships were ordered to pass over the large ships parked at the waterway. Although they felt that the giant trees erected on the large ships were a bit weird, they didn't have time to think about it. After entering the waterway, they set up a blocking formation behind the large ships. .

As soon as they were ready, they saw a shocking side.

The pirates who followed saw that there was only one building ship standing there alone at the entrance of the waterway, motionless, except for a few people standing upright on the flying hut, the deck was tightly blocked by the wooden parapet, they were very nervous. Can't see it either, but they're not worried.Although the building ships are tall and powerful, apart from the many fighters on them, the most important thing about the building ships is their large size. When they collide, apart from the same building ships, they basically have no opponents. They are even more terrifying than medium-sized warships. For a few minutes, the building boat is still there without even getting up the anchor, which is equivalent to losing half of the battle. What is there to be afraid of?
Rush up, climb aboard this gorgeous building boat, and grab it!

The pirates made the same decision unanimously without any discussion. The few ships in the front adjusted their bows and rushed towards the stationary building ships at the fastest speed.They clenched the iron hooks and ring knives in their hands, trembling with excitement, according to the rules of the road, whoever gets on the boat first and survives to the end will own the boat.This is so tempting. The pirates snatched the medium-sized warships, but almost no one was able to snatch the big ships. The reason is very simple. The combat power of the big ships is too strong. Even if they are defeated, they can still break through. The pirates His small boat couldn't stop him at all, and it was the first time that it was parked here by pirates like today.

Being able to snatch a large ship is something that the pirates never dared to think about before they went to sea, but now that it is happening before their eyes, how can it not make people's hearts flutter like drums?

The pirates shouted, the sailors blushed, and clenched their teeth. Under the command of the drum, they exerted all their strength and rowed the boat so that it could almost float out of the water, and rushed towards the building at an unprecedented speed. go.

Everything seemed so exciting, and everything seemed so logical, even the officers and soldiers of the Navy felt that the fall of the big boat was only a matter of time. Although there were more than 300 elite soldiers on Sun Shao's big boat, they could stop as many soldiers as ants. Pirates?

Yue Hai and Zhu San looked at each other, holding their breath at the same time, waiting for a miracle to happen.

The only thing that seemed a bit out of tune was the building boat, it just stopped there quietly, with low drumbeats and a slow rhythm, making people feel no pre-war atmosphere, as if it was not in a noisy battlefield, Instead, go sightseeing.

One hundred steps!Eighty steps!Fifty steps!

The sound of drums on the building boat suddenly became anxious, and there were two "dong dong", two strong sounds were suddenly added to the slow and lyrical rhythm, which made people's hearts tremble. Leaping up from the building boat, several black shadows pierced the sky and flew forward with the sound of wind.Three slender black shadows flew a distance of 180 steps and hit the ships of three pirate leaders one after another. Before it disappeared, it penetrated the deck again, and the most serious one punched a big hole in the ship, and the turbulent sea water rushed in immediately.

The pirates were shocked by the powerful lethality of the giant crossbow, and even more disturbed by the tragic death of the leader. Looking at the splashing sea water, some of them screamed in horror, some were dumbfounded, but almost without exception, they forgot He stopped rowing, and the warship that had lost power quickly stopped, and the boat behind couldn't turn around enough, and bumped into it with a "bang", and immediately the boat capsized and became a mess.

Compared with the accuracy of the giant crossbow, the thunderbolt cannon paled in comparison. Only two of the four thunderbolt chariots hit the target, and the other two missed the direction. The high water splash scared the pirates next to them dumbfounded.But the thunderbolt cannon's striking power is much stronger than that of the giant crossbow. The two warships that were hit were as vulnerable as a pile of rotten wood. , It sank as soon as I opened my eyes.The worst thing was a pirate who was hit by a boulder and didn't even have time to shout, and he was still sitting there with his head missing.

One hit.

"Medium!" Sun Shangxiang clenched his fists excitedly and shouted loudly.Zhao Xiu didn't change his face, waved the red flag in his hand, and shouted in a deep voice: "Up arrow!"

(End of this chapter)