Chapter 1436: Capturing Bright Moon City (4)
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On the way forward, Zhao Hu was still a little stunned that he had won the naval battle so easily, didn't he say that it was very difficult to win the naval battle? Why did he let the Mingyue Water Army be wiped out so easily?
After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Hu only smiled self-deprecatingly, all this was a coincidence.
Coincidentally, he killed the young master of Mingyue City and captured twenty warships, the Mingyue Navy was not clear, and when he came with a large group of people, he actually lined up stupidly to greet him.
Because the opponent was unprepared, and the flagship was eliminated in the first place, such a victory was obtained.
But if you underestimate the Mingyue Water Army because of this, you don't know whether you are dead or alive.
Just looking at such a troop advantage and a sneak attack, and the other side also lost its unified command, it actually ended up with a loss of two to one. From this, we can know that if it is an upright duel, the result will definitely be reversed.
And maybe the Mingyue Navy wiped out all of their own side, and they haven't lost many warships yet, because there is no naval commander on their side at all.
The captain on his side, who has a little knowledge of naval warfare, only knows how to rush up to hand-to-hand combat, and believes that the same is true for his own command.
Now it seems that the biggest blow to the enemy, and at the same time the biggest blow to itself, is a long-range attack, and the ships lost by both sides were sunk in this way.
And hand-to-hand combat, in addition to killing the opposing sailors and gaining ships, does not determine the inclination of the balance of victory.
Perhaps, the key to naval warfare is to see who can sink the opponent's ship at the farthest distance and with the fastest speed, rather than to see who has strong sailors and who has more sailors.
If they all attack each other at such a long distance in the future, I believe that the sailors on the warship will not have to engage in hand-to-hand combat at all, and the balance of victory will already determine the tendency.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hu glanced at Kaihai who was full of excitement, he knew that this was a talent, because the orders to dispatch the angle of the siege crossbow and catapult were all issued by him.
Feeling Zhao Hu's gaze, Kaihai immediately knelt down on his knees, lay on the ground with his hands, and said in a respectful tone: "My lord, please let the villain become your retainer, the villain is willing to swear allegiance to the adult, and he will not hesitate to go to the soup and fire!" ”
Zhao Hu nodded and said, "Don't call me lord, just call me an adult." ”
Kaihai was stunned for a moment, but although he couldn't figure out why he couldn't call the lord, he still knew that the other party had accepted him, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed with joy on his face: "See your lord!" ”
Zhao Hu waved his hand: "Get up." ”
At this moment, Zhao Hu suddenly thought that he had cavalry and infantry under his command, but there was a lack of siege soldiers, well, just to place this guy, so he said: "Seeing that you have a very good set of long-range attacks, select people to form a long-range attack team, equipped with these siege crossbows and catapults." ”
Although Kaihai looked forward to being able to command the warship, he thought that he had just taken refuge and was not important in the heart of the lord, and that the command of the siege crossbow and catapult was also to his taste, so he respectfully accepted the appointment.
Then Kaihai began to recruit people in the fleet, but he knew very well that after landing, it was a good opportunity for him to make a contribution.
Zhao Hu met Maude at sea, but Zhao Hu didn't notice the small boat here, and Maude saw ten warships with the flag of the Mingyue Navy, and his first reaction was that it was over, it must have been the Mingyue Navy's army that saw the smoke on the dock and rushed to help in the battle.
Since there was no way to escape in front of the warship, Maud resigned herself to the boat and made way to see if she would ignore the sailors.
Seeing these warships directly ignoring their own and rushing to the dock, Maude breathed a sigh of relief before realizing that he was too worried, this sea was densely covered with small boats, and the warships of Bright Moon City would not find themselves at all.
Maud certainly knew that the boats were natives who had escaped from the fire at the docks.
People like them are very sensitive to the situation, and when there is any trouble, they will sail out to sea and wait for the situation to calm down before running back.
It's no wonder that they acted neatly, all because the dock where a large number of rogues gathered, almost every year and a half, would come to the infighting, and forced them out.
Seeing that the boats were in tatters, Maud gloated.
It seems that the rich people didn't run out.
In the past, there were signs of every turmoil, so the rich could run back to the city or the sea in advance, but this time it was very sudden, even if they were the fuse of themselves, they did not consciously start the turmoil before the ignition, how could those rich people know?
Hehe, those rogues must have looted comfortably, but when the lord came, they would have to spit out all the things they swallowed.
When Maude was thinking nonsense, his subordinates reminded him: "Lord, why did the Mingyue Navy dispatch so many warships?" There are more than 100 of them, but except for the first ten, how are the other warships in tatters? When did the Bright Moon Water Army become so poor?
"Huh? Look, Lord! That ship is very similar to the one we drove to the main hall last time! ”
Maude fixed his eyes, not like it, but indeed the ship he had last time!
Maud immediately jumped up and shouted, "Quick! Paste it on! This is the Lord's fleet! We must catch up before the lord lands, this is a great opportunity for us to show our merits! ”
Most of Maude's subordinates are not stupid donkeys, of course, they understand that if they show their merits now, the other rogues on the shore have spent a lot of effort to do, such as the elimination of the two thousand Mingyue Army, can be fished out of themselves, and if they go to the main hall, other rogues will definitely come to grab the credit.
Inspired by great feats, Maude's men immediately rowed bravely.
Although they couldn't catch up with the first warship, the serpentine fleet of hundreds of ships was enough for them to approach easily.
After some shouting, Maud was picked up by a warship.
When Maude got on the ship, he realized that if it weren't for the fact that every ship had a rogue who had taken refuge as sailors, I am afraid that none of the ships would have paid attention to themselves, because the others did not know themselves at all.
Sensing this, Maude realized that his popularity on the lord's side was very low.
Not to mention the five major guards around the lord, not to mention the militia leader Yu An, he is not even as good as the eight hundred cavalry commanders.
At least the militia knew that they were called swords, swords, spears, bows, shields, iron, horses, and soldiers.
In a force, low visibility will definitely not be able to get ahead.
When Maud hurried to the flagship, he instructed his men to disperse to the ships, boast of his exploits to the sailors, and repeat his name many times.
Seeing his subordinates pat on their chests, Maude was very proud of his cleverness.
In this way, even if Nangong Dun's contribution is as great as his own, the position of the city lord will also be his own, because his popularity will definitely be higher than that of Nangong Dun at that time.
When he was quickly sent to the front by a warship, Maude, who had already obtained the situation of Zhao Hu's naval battle, looked at the ten Mingyue Navy warships and thought happily: "Hehe, I didn't expect the lord to be so powerful, and he actually destroyed the Mingyue Navy without much effort, it seems that I made a really wise decision to take refuge in this lord."
"Who would have thought that not so long ago, I was just the leader of dozens of rogue bandits? In the future, glory and wealth will be rolling in! ”
On the flagship, Maude nodded all the way to Zhao Hu.
There is no way, except for those who are from the rogue background, the others are all Zhao Hu's old subordinates, not to mention those grassland cavalry, even the territorial militia have a higher status than him, not to mention the full ship of personal guards.
Seeing Zhao Hu, Maude saluted and said: "My subordinate Maude saw my lord, and congratulated my lord on his victory and annihilated the Mingyue Water Army in one fell swoop, and my lord's subordinates Wuwei felt deeply honored." ”
Kaihai, who didn't care about Maude originally, immediately hung up when he heard Maude's name, this guy was one of the only two retainers before the lord? It seems that you have to pay attention to him, but I want to be the chief retainer.
"Maude, how are things going?" Zhao Hu looked at the dock that was getting closer and closer and asked casually.
"My lord, my subordinates have already followed your orders and brought seven thousand people to the regular army of Bright Moon City." Maud said respectfully.
The content of the statement is similar to the real situation, but it turned out that he deliberately set fire to attract the Mingyue Army, and then commanded the Liukou to extinguish the 2,000 people who were fighting the fire, and then commanded the Liukou to bring the reinforced 5,000 Mingyue Army into the dock to fight in the streets, and finally saw that the lord was coming, so he put down the troops and came to greet him in person.
Judging from what he said, all the credit was made by him, so that most of the people who heard it stared at him in disbelief and disbelief. Kaihai, in particular, stared at Maude with a completely lying look.
Kaihai is now scolding in his heart: "Damn, although I don't know what your skills are, but seeing that you have been a little leader of the rogue for so long, you know that it is not a big deal, just a guy like you can do so many things?" You've already turned the world upside down if you had this ability! What a liar! ”
Of course, Kaihai didn't dare to offend Maude by speaking out directly, after all, Maude took refuge earlier than him.
And the most important point is that after Maude got on the boat, he nodded all the way over, and he was like a pug to the princess's personal guard beauty.
In addition, few of the guards present cared about him, and it can be seen from this that his retainers have a pitiful low status under the lord's command, and they may only be better than those sailors.
In this case, the retainers who also belong to the very low status should not eat dog for the time being.
Zhao Hu didn't care if this was done by Maude himself, what he cared about was that the soldiers of Mingyue City were lured out, so he nodded with a smile and waved his hand and said, "Good job, this is a reward." ”