The enemy's arrows are three tall forward ships, their target is the emperor boat in the center of the periphery, and it is precisely with the sturdy hull that can withstand the firearms of the Song army, so as to achieve the goal of crossing the ship to fight and kill the flag and win the commander. But this time they miscalculated, underestimating the power of the ballista, the heavy ballista fired a shell that easily pierced the front of the bow of the four-layer gangway, and the remaining shells penetrated several shelves of the watertight compartment before exploding in the bottom bilge.www.biquge.info

Five catties of gunpowder doesn't sound like much, but in ancient times, one catty was equal to sixteen taels, which is equivalent to nine catties now, and most of the seaships are pointed bottoms, the bilge space is narrow, and the blasting force produced by the explosion of flowering bombs in a small space is much greater than that of an empty surface. With a muffled sound, Zhao Yu watched as the part of the enemy vanguard ship close to the waterline was shattered by the shock wave generated by the explosion, and several holes more than two feet in size. Although it will not sink immediately for the time being, the sea water has already poured into it, and even if it is not shot again, it will not last long.

When the order is executed, even if there is only a 50 percent hit rate, these forward ships will be beaten to a thousand holes, with heavy casualties, struggling on the crooked sea like drowning people, and struggling to the bottom of the water when they see it, and the living sailors above are scrambling to jump into the water to escape. However, the sacrifice of the forward ship was not worthless, and with the blocking of these meat shields, the warships behind took the opportunity to follow up and take another step forward, passing through the gap through the approaching Song army ship formation.

"Medium-sized ballista five-pound flowering shells, seven points of fuse, the target is the current enemy ship, three shots in a row!"

"Heavy ballista five-pound flower shells, target two wings to expose enemy ships, free fire!" Zhao Hao gave two more orders.

The enemy's frontal array is triangular in shape, and the number of ships increases accordingly, and it is also the most offensive part. The Song Junsheji was in the middle of the formation, equipped with the most ballistae and the most ferocious firepower, followed by the five large warships arranged on both sides, and the medium-sized warships scattered on the two wings were relatively weakest in firepower, but the largest in number. Both sides put the most elite forces in the middle, just like a duel between a sharp spear and a strong shield, which is completely a deadly way of playing, which seems to be accidental, but in fact it is inevitable.

Zhao Yu has already calculated that Zhang Hongfan has failed in a row, his strength has been greatly reduced, and the time for the ebb tide is coming, so he has no strength and no time to deal with him. had to give up what the two wings detoured and broke through on the flanks; or a frontal feint, a behind-the-back assault; Or two ways to go together, the center blooms, and so on, these time-consuming and laborious tactics. It is only possible to concentrate all forces and launch a quick decisive battle in the most direct and fastest way. But judging from the current situation, Zhang Hongfan's spear was obviously broken by the shield.

What Zhao Hao is doing now is to use the ballista to consume Zhang Hongfan's sharpest spear tip little by little, and smash the enemy's morale to the bottom of the sea. Then take advantage of the situation to launch a surprise attack and disperse the enemy fleet. Although the defenders have fought several battles, most of them have attacked the enemy with firearms, and their strength has basically remained intact, and there are still more than 12,000 soldiers who can fight, which is comparable to the enemy army that has been attrition several times. But they are all tigers holding back in cages, and the enemy army is already wolves with broken teeth and claws removed.

"Heavy and medium ballistas are loaded with ten-pound flowering shells and target enemy ships; The small ballista is loaded with two pounds of flowering shells, targeting the enemy ship soldiers, and firing ten rounds in bursts! "The enemy forward fleet has been knocked out two rounds in a row, and it still bravely stepped forward, but it was blocked by the destroyed enemy ships, and the speed has been reduced, but it has also rushed within two hundred steps, and the number has also increased proportionally, and there are as many as forty ships on the front, and Zhao Yu has also made a heavy hand.

This round of shelling was more violent and protracted, and the explosions were continuous, as if the heavens and the earth were trembling, but Zhao Hao found that he was trembling at the moment, and his mood did not change when he looked at the enemy ships that were sunk. And look at the ministers who escorted them, but all of them did not look very good, and their nervous hands and feet didn't seem to know where to put them, let alone talk and argue as usual. However, he was relieved that no one had advised him to retreat and flee for his life.

"What time is it?" Zhao Hao twisted his face and asked. But in his heart, he secretly scolded that it was really troublesome to not have a watch, and he did not have the habit of wearing a watch on the ship in his previous life, so that now the point of watching is not to listen to the drum, but to go to the inner cabin to see the rather large leaky pot, thinking that he must get a watch to hang in the command cabin when he has time.

"Your Majesty, it's already time!" Wang De trotted and looked at the proclamation.

"Tell Chen Renweng to let him stop teasing those remnants of the defeated generals, and immediately move the army outside Haikou to rest, and prepare to catch big fish!" Zhao Yu nodded, the time for the low tide was coming, Chen Renweng was still leading the dragon boat to knock on the enemy rear troops who were stopped by rockets, he felt that it was almost time, and it was time to rest.

"Your Majesty, Mrs. Zhang sent someone here, do you see it?" At this time, Cai Qiao came over and said.

"Oh, let him come up!" Zhao Yu was a little surprised, this thing still knew to come to himself, "Zheng Yong, you command for me, I'll go see him!" ”……

"Zhang Ba, the commander under the command of the last general Zhang Taifu, pays a visit to Your Majesty!" After a while, a neatly armored general came aboard, and of course the sword at his waist had been confiscated, and when he saw the emperor, he immediately saluted.

"No courtesy, is the Queen Mother okay?" Zhao Yu raised his hand to signal him to get up and asked.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager escorted the Empress Dowager's boat out of the water village, and now she has taken refuge in Dongneng Continent for a while, the Empress Dowager is fine, just thinking about Your Majesty!" Zhang Ba bowed and replied.

"Oh, it's good that the Queen Mother escapes!" Zhao Yu nodded.

"Your Majesty, Taifu, please move your majesty quickly, you won't be able to withdraw after a while!" Zhang Ba said.

"Your Majesty, this person's identity is unknown, maybe he is a spy of the enemy army, and those who have come to deceive His Majesty must not go!" Lu Xiufu immediately stopped when he heard this.

"Lu Xiang, the last general is indeed Taifu's subordinate, he is definitely not an enemy spies, and what he is relaying is also the truth!" Zhang Ba was taken aback and quickly explained.

"Hmph, there are countless generals under Taifu, who knows if you are true or not, push it out and behead it!" Lu Xiufu said sharply.

"Lu Xiang spares his life, the last general is by no means rebellious, please be aware of it!" Zhang Ba was frightened and knelt down.

"Even if you are, but you escaped from the battle, ignoring the safety of His Majesty, it is also a capital crime!" Lu Xiufu pointed at Zhang Ba's nose and shouted.

"Lu Xiang, when Taifu broke through, he sent someone to inform His Majesty, but at that time, the emperor's boat was in the middle of the formation, and the sky was dark, so that it could not be found, and the situation was critical, Taifu protected the queen mother and left first, not the last general!" Zhang Ba hurriedly argued.

"Go back, tell the Taifu to protect the Queen Mother, and after I break the enemy, I will go to see the Queen Mother!" Zhao Yu knew that Lu Xiufu was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, hating Zhang Shijie for retreating and running away, just to take Zhang Ba, the unlucky bastard, out of anger...... (To be continued.) )