[I'm really sorry!I didn't get home until nine o'clock in the evening.,Hurry up and rush out a chapter.,Woo~]

"Little Beggar!!

"What about people! Are there any people who can breathe? Stand up for Lao Tzu! Fight back immediately!"

He Yun, who was hit hard by this, immediately called for the soldiers to organize a counterattack, but Zhou Kang's boat had already opened up in an instant with the help of the turbulent current, but now it had already jumped out of the distance.

But I saw that the enemy ship in the distance ran out for a few miles and then made a gorgeous turn in the middle of the turbulent river, and then the bow of the ship rushed towards He Yun's boat at great speed again, although the speed of the ship was not as fast as before because of the sailing against the current, but the distance between the two ships was still shrinking rapidly.

"Damn!" He Yun couldn't understand the other party's intentions after seeing the other party's movements clearly.

Then he shouted to the soldiers: "Speed up at once!

The soldiers were also aware of the enemy's imminent attack, and in order not to be ravaged by the boulders again, they naturally worked hard to keep the two sides apart.

It's just that He Yun's ironclad ship is obviously much heavier than Zhou Kang's ship, and Zhou Kang's hull is a little lighter after throwing out the few boulders just now, and between this plus and minus, the distance between the two ships has narrowed again.

"Commander, it's not a way to go on like this!" Seeing that his group of men were paddling hard but still couldn't get rid of the pursuit of the enemy ship, the leader of the boat on He Yun's boat hurriedly ran to report to He Yun.

"Lao Tzu knows!" Although He Yun's tone was still stiff, he didn't have the anger just now, as a general, he may encounter all kinds of situations on the battlefield, and how to quickly calm down his mind is naturally the most basic quality.

"It's impossible for us to keep up with each other's speed, if we attack like that just now a few more times, this ship will be over!" He Yun said to the leader in front of him with a little solemnity.

"Commander, what should I do?" Hearing the Lord say this, the leader immediately looked anxious.

"What are you panicking about! What Lao Tzu said is that if we are hit! Just now, we were caught off guard, but now that we are prepared, it will not be so easy for the other party to hit lightly again! Could it be that your helmsman eats dry rice?" He Yun reprimanded loudly.

Seeing the nodding of his subordinates, He Yunsui continued: "You're right, it's not a way to go on like this, there are so many people on the deck, as long as we are hit once, we can't afford that kind of damage!"

In fact, this can't be blamed on He Yun, most of the water battles at that time relied on the most primitive broadside battles, first approaching the ships and then letting the sailors jump onto the opponent's ship to fight, this can only be regarded as a disguised land battle, just changing the place of battle.

If you want to attack the opponent's ship from a distance, you need to rely on the lever installed on the ship, that is, use a lever to charge a long rod tied to iron or a boulder, and then use the power of the lever to rebound to directly destroy the enemy's hull and the sailors on the ship who can't dodge.

It's just that the positions of the slapsticks are fixed, so naturally there is not much flexibility, and as one of the few outstanding sailor commanders in the contemporary era, He Yun has prepared several lethal long-range attack methods for his sailor warship, and the two rows of longbowmen just now are one of them.

It's just that none of these attacks can escape one of the biggest constraints, that is, they must all be on the deck to be used.

This is also the traditional thinking of water warfare in this era, reflected in the manufacture of ships is that there is no other gap in the middle layer of the ship except for a few vents, but also because of the limitations of shipbuilding technology, although the ship at this time is not small, the largest can reach more than ten zhang in length and width, but in the face of the unknown ocean, people are always used to want to protect themselves tightly, and naturally do not think of using this middle layer as a means of attack.

Coupled with the level of contemporary weapons, there are only two kinds of long-range weapons: crossbows and bows, and even the largest arrows shot by the largest crossbow bow still cannot bring substantial damage to a large ship, so the common way of modern water warfare such as hitting the ship horizontally and facing the enemy on the side in water warfare is still a blank in this era.

As for He Yun, although he was an excellent commander of the sailors, it was not yet possible to have this kind of cross-era strategic thinking, which led him to arrange all his soldiers on the top deck of the ship in order to truly play their role, but in this way, Zhou Kang's boulder had greater lethality.

And all of Zhou Kang's knowledge of water warfare was taught by his eldest brother Xu Chen, Xu Chen had already determined the future water battle route for the teenagers when he was making a simple turtle boat, and at this moment it happened that the side of the middle layer of Zhou Kang's boat was hit with a big hole, so it was used by Zhou Kang as a window for attack, which just made up for the lack of manpower of the teenagers and gave full play to the sharpness of the weapon.

No, although the ironclad ship protruded left and right, it was still seized by the teenagers to fire another round of boulder shells, but this time the results were not as significant as those just now, only half of the stones fell on the deck and only killed and injured a few soldiers who couldn't dodge, and the remaining half fell into the river and splashed a high column of water.

"Commander!" the leader just now shouted anxiously at He Yun again.

"Leave them alone! Now we can't hurt them even if we fight back!" He Yun said flatly.

In reality, except for the two teenagers hiding on the mainsail lookout platform, the rest of the teenagers and sailors on the opposite side of the enemy ship had already hidden in the lower cabin, and the big hole in the middle of the enemy ship was not so big that He Yun's longbowmen could do whatever they wanted.

Originally, Sun Yong had this ability, but now Sun Yong, who was injured in the arm, no longer has the strength to fight.

"Commander, but we still have ......," the leader then anxiously defended.

"Shut up!" He Yun stopped his subordinates in a very stern tone without waiting for him to finish.

"Operate the boat well, since you can't fight with the other party alone, then let's beat him up in groups!" He Yun really felt a little ashamed when he said this, but fortunately, there was a lot of meat on his face, at least he couldn't see anything on the outside.

"Quickly move closer to the ships in front!"

After He Yun gave the order, he drove the leader in front of him back to the cabin to operate the ship again.

At the same time, on Zhou Kang's boat, the little dog Hao Xin was dancing at Zhou Kang with excitement on his face: "Fourth brother! This thing is really amazing! If you come a few more times, the boat on the opposite side will be sunk!"

Zhou Kang was not infected by Hao Xin's excitement at all after hearing this, and still frowned and said: "How can it be so simple! You see that the direction of the other party's ship is clearly under the idea of joining forces with several ships in front of him!"

"Then let's sink the ship in front of us first, and then deal with the rest!" said the little dog, still excited.

Zhou Kang smiled helplessly and said: "Not to mention that the other party's helmsman is also an experienced veteran, plus the other party has a defense, how can it be so easy to hit? You also saw in the round just now, only half of the stones hit, and I am afraid that there will be fewer next time, and the most important thing is that there are not many boulders left that we brought to the ship this time, not to mention the other four, even the one in front of us can't handle it!"

"Ah, what should we do then?" Hao Xin is only an eleven or twelve-year-old child after all, although he is a master of foundation building, he has experienced too few dangers, and now when he heard Zhou Kang's words, his expression became flustered for a while.

Zhou Kang was silent for a while, reached out and took out a hanging bamboo tube from the inner wall of the cabin on the side, opened the lid of the bamboo tube, carefully took out a roll of drawings inside, and looked at it carefully under the oil lamp.

This drawing was added in the morning on the basis of the general water map of the Yangtze River given to him by Xu Chen according to the oral description of the guide who was familiar with the route invited by Liu Jin, and it can be regarded as the most detailed water map of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River in the world.

Zhou Kang carefully groped on the map for a moment and then stopped his finger in a place, only to see that the place was hundreds of miles away from the mouth of Poyang Lake into the river, Zhou Kang secretly calculated the time, and estimated that it should not be far from here.

Then he said to the boys: "This place is an inlet, the protruding mountain walls on both sides just enclose this place into a small pass, we can hide all the ships in it, and then guard the entrance, although it is not a long-term solution, but the other party is so enthusiastic and mysterious to launch a surprise attack, I don't want to attract too many people's attention, we just need to hold on until dawn, there are many merchant ships on the waterway, they will inevitably retreat in order to hide their tracks." ”

Although Zhou Kang is not sure whether the enemy will retreat, the most important thing as a coach at the moment is to bring everyone the confidence to persevere, as long as they persist, there is always hope.

This time they didn't have enough understanding of the danger, they originally thought that they would encounter some robbers, but they didn't expect to attract such a well-equipped regular sailor with amazing combat power, and if they can't win, it can only be regarded as a non-war, and now what they have to consider is how to bring these people back safely in front of them, as for this batch of goods, it may not be able to be saved!

Although this batch of goods is very important to Xu Chen and them, the teachings of the eldest brother have always been remembered in Zhou Kang's heart, as long as the brothers are still there, foreign things such as money can always be earned back.

This is Zhou Kang's decision now!

"Immediately let the flag bearer convey the order to the fleet ahead!" Zhou Kang immediately ordered a young man beside him.

Now that the enemy ships were exhausted and the annoying longbowmen were gone, the boy turned and walked up the deck when he received the order......