The others still had puzzled expressions on their faces, only Li Sanliang was the first to react, he looked at everyone's puzzled expressions, so he explained: "Commander Yun means to use rockets!" Our big advantage over them is that we can have a crossbow for each of us at that time, so we can use crossbow arrows to attack when the opposing ship is not in a blade battle with our ship. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, is Commander Yun planning to turn the rags into rags, tie them to the arrows, soak the rags in oil, and then light them up and shoot them at the opposing ships? Set the opposing ship on fire? Li Sanliang guessed.

Everyone looked at Yun Qing, Mu Hong and Lei Laohu's eyes lit up even more, and they also realized that the feasibility of this method at present, if it was operated properly, it could even minimize the casualties on their side.

Yun Qing nodded and said, "Well, my thoughts are true, didn't we originally configure that everyone had twenty to twenty arrows with iron arrow clusters and feathers?" This kind of arrow penetration is much more penetrating than the simple wooden arrow that we cut out ourselves. ”

"So even if they catch up with us later, we can attack with crossbow arrows, and if we shoot people, we can use the simple arrows we made ourselves behind us, and the complete arrows that we configured before can be used to transform them into rockets. Here we made a small strip of rags and tied them under the arrow clusters, and then put them in the lamp oil to soak them, and while there was still sunlight and the wind was strong, we dried or air-dried the oil-soaked rags, and then soaked them, so that after a few more times, they became very resistant to burning. ”

"When the two ships approach, we will allocate personnel at the stern and sides of the ship in advance, and then set up the stoves in these three places, shoot the money to light the rags, and shoot here!" Yun Qing stood up at this time, pointing to the huge sail with his finger.

"As we all know, the canvas of this kind of sail will be very large and very thick, so we use crossbow arrows to shoot the burning arrows onto the canvas, if the burning rocket is just stuck on the sail, it would be the best, the canvas is flammable, and the oil-soaked rags are quite resistant to burning after being knotted, and today's wind is also good, when the time comes, the wind will help the fire, and the more it burns, the more it burns, so our opportunity will come." Yun Qing said with a smile.

Lei Laohu's expression flickered at this time, with a hesitant expression on his face, and finally spoke: "If the sail of the ship catches fire and is extinguished by them with water......

Lei Laohu didn't say anything more when he said this, he guessed that if it was really like this result in the end, it was probably a typical case of unsuccessful fire attack.

Yun Qing didn't care, and still had a faint smile on her face: "Let me ask you, if they go to save the life, do they have to take buckets of water and find a way to put down the burning place?" ”

Everyone nodded, and Yun Qing continued: "One is to try not to let the other party fall with water, that is, to shoot a rocket on the top of the sail!" ”

Everyone looked at the upper part of the sail on their ship, which was estimated to be eight or nine feet high, and at this time Yun Qing said again: "If it weren't for someone with amazing arm strength, it would never be possible to pounce the water to such a high position, and without many training in advance, they would definitely not be able to pounce on the water to the extent that they could point to it, so their efficiency in fighting fires would be reduced!" ”

Everyone nodded in unison again, realizing that if the rocket was fired into the top half of the canvas, it would not be easy for the people below to fight the fire!

"But what if the man below puts the canvas down? After all, sometimes the wind is too strong, and the canvas will be put away to prevent the boat from being blown over by the strong winds. One of the young men on Boss Lei's side asked at this time.

"The problem is not very big, and it takes a long time to put the sails away, and it doesn't mean that you can put them away immediately if you want to. And whether it is to extinguish the place where the sail is on fire with water, or to put the sail down......" Yun Qing showed a sinister smile on her face.

"Maybe one or two people out of every hundred people can do two things, and the others certainly can't, so we shoot rockets at the sails first, and then we can shoot the people who come out to put out the fire or try to put the sails away, but they are all targets that don't resist."

After listening to Yun Qing's words, Mu Hong, Lei Laohu, and even Liu Baiqing all had bright eyes, this method is good! Not only will it have a chance to destroy the opponent's ship, but it will also have a chance to weaken the opponent's power.

"And. Even if the opponent's strength and luck are very good, and they really extinguish the burning canvas, or put away the sails together, then our goal has been achieved! Yun Qing continued.

"Everyone should know that our ship is now heading to Yangzhou against the wind, how did it go against the wind? I'm sure you've already found out, right? That's right, just rely on this canvas that is now full of curves by the wind, and also rely on the "zigzag" shaped frame sailing method. ”

Yun Qing asked, and the others nodded yes.

"So whether they put out the fire on the sails with water, or put the sails away and prevent us from shooting arrows and fire, in fact, our fundamental purpose has been achieved."

"As long as their sails do not perform their duties properly, then they will not be able to catch up with our ship! By the time they let the sails be raised, and then chased after us again, it is estimated that we have already arrived in Yangzhou City by then, and when we get there, we don't have to be afraid of anything! We can even keep them coming and going! Saying the last sentence, Yun Qing was full of domineering, as if he had returned to the time when he was the commander of the Moheng army.

In the following time, under Yun Qing's demonstration, everyone began to make rockets, and the production method was also very simple, the rags were tied up on top of the arrows, and then stirred in the oil jar, and then soaked and then pulled out and put in a basin to dry and air-dry, and so on three times, a successful rocket was made.

By the time all the arrows with clusters and feathers had been processed into fiery rockets, the sky had changed, and the sunset was shining golden on the surface of the Yangtze River, accompanied by a unique sunset.

Yun Qing found the boat boss Zhou Xiaofu here, and explained to him the reason for looking for him this time, that is, to let Zhou Xiaofu sail at night, but Zhou Xiaofu directly refused, saying that he didn't dare to drive at night, and the visibility was against something, and it was very likely to hit something and a lot of other routes.

But in the end, he was persuaded by Yun Qing's two hundred taels of silver, and patted his chest and said, "Yun Gongzi, please rest assured, I promise to complete your task." ”

And behind them, the five ships were going all out to follow Zhou Xiaofu's ship. In addition to the first two ships used as pioneers, the last three are now side by side, with Jing Zhe, Liu Junmao and Wang Haiqi sitting in the town, and the two came to Jing Zhe's ship together.

"Gang Master Jing, according to your estimate, how long will it take for us to catch up with Mu Hong and Yun Qing's ship." Wang Haiqi asked at this time.

Jing Zhe raised his head, looked at the sky at sunset, and said: "It should be unitary time now, don't look at the ship in front of us with the naked eye, but just like the kind of dead horse running in the mountains, in fact, it still takes a certain distance, I guess no matter what, at least it will not be able to catch up until around midnight or midnight." ”

"So late?" Liu Junmao asked in surprise.

"Well, it's still that our ships are better than theirs, and the boatmen are better than them, so they can run faster than theirs." Jing Zhe explained.

"Oh, by the way, the two deputy gang leaders, how much of the skill of the people you brought here can be exerted on the deck?" Jing Zhe asked, I don't know this in advance, thinking that some people are born landlubbers, and they may not be affected by anything on a stable boat or dock, and there is no problem at all.

But when it comes to the river, as long as the wind and tide are strong, then it is very likely that he will only care about vomiting, how can he have the energy and time to get the guard's remote control board, Jing Zhe also has his own little abacus here, and plans to wait and try to let Wang Haiqi and Liu Junmao accept and join the battle.

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