Chapter 268: Boarding the ship
Liu Shen originally thought that it was just a small group of civilian ships who came to help in the battle, but soon found that the side that came was the remnant fleet that had just been chased by him and fled; On the other side is the regular army under the banner of the Marshal's Army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoHe doesn't care about the remnants of the army, these people are often defeated by his subordinates, and they are in the upper hand, and the threat to himself is limited. But this marshal army gave him a great headache, and at the beginning it wiped out his front army with only a small fleet, and now the brigade has arrived, and it has the upper hand again, and it is a great threat to him. Therefore, the main forces were placed in the direction of the rear army.
At the beginning of the battle, sure enough, the Shuaifu army attacked fiercely, especially the meteor cannon flying in the sky made people's hearts palpitate, and Liu Shen found that the 'bed crossbow' equipped on their warship was more powerful, and the twenty catties of stone bullets fired could pierce the warship, and it had not officially engaged in the battle and caused great casualties to his side. And the remnants of the despised sins, after receiving reinforcements from the Shuaifu army, also became aggressive, and they wisely chose to attack from the flank, which put a lot of pressure on the right flank, and once they met, they would tear off a large piece of flesh on the right flank.
In the past, he was surrounded by others, but now he has become surrounded by others, which makes Liu Shen a little angry. How to live in the cabin, so he personally watched the enemy on the deck and dispatched the whole army. He sent small and medium-sized warships to harass attacking enemy ships and tried to board them to engage in broadside battles, so as to take advantage of his proficiency in close combat. In the same way, he demanded that the large warships, which were the pillars, must hold their ground, not retreat without permission, and as long as they resisted this formation, they would jump and seize the ship when they approached.
Based on Liu Shen's past experience, as long as their soldiers successfully boarded the ship, the Song army often immediately raised and lowered the flag, and did not dare to attack at all. However, he soon found that his old experience was not working, and not only did the opposing side fight to the death with his own generals who boarded the ship, but they would also take the initiative to take the broadside to help him attack his own warship, which was extremely rare after the Battle of Jiaoshan. The reversal of the situation made him very confused, and he couldn't figure out why a local army had more combat power and high morale than their imperial court.
"General, beware of ......" Just when Liu Shen was puzzled, the soldiers around him shouted and pounced, and the moment he turned his head, he saw the dragon head monster ship with the handsome flag lingering, which made him suddenly understand something.
But without waiting for Liu Shen to think about it, he saw two 'double-headed pop hammers' with the sound of the wind circling rapidly, sweeping the clerk's office and senators around him, and wrapped the remaining strength around the neck of the soldier in front of him, tearing off his head vividly, and he also received a heavy blow on the back of his head, only to feel that it was dark in front of him and fell heavily on the deck......
"Did you hit?"
"Did you hit?" In order to get rid of the pursuit, the bow gun was loaded with chain shells to destroy the mast sails of the enemy ship, Zhao Hao saw the opportunity to order the cannon to fire, and the gunner did not have time to replace it and fired the chain bullets, as a result, a large area was swept away, and the people on the deck were lying down, and then the ballista was fired continuously, and the sawdust on the deck was flying, and it was even more difficult to see. In the confusion, Zhao Hao didn't see whether Liu Shen was hit or not, and Wang Meng didn't understand either, and the two asked each other in unison.
"Hehe, damn it, it doesn't matter if he's dead or not, rush up and take a look!" Zhao Yu ordered the bow cannon to continue firing, while driving the boat forward. But their bombardment of the handsome ship immediately alarmed the surrounding enemy ships, and they stepped forward to block the attack, and they could only give up again for the time being, and played with the hidden cats again, but this time they were angry, and no one refused to give up, and they could only try to get close while fighting.
"Follow this king to shout, Liu Shen will die, and those who descend will not be killed!" Today, Zhao Hao has led the army to fight two battles in a row, and the Warrior has also suffered with him, especially the oarsmen who keep rocking the oars, which is heavy physical work, even if it is replaced several times, it is difficult to recover. Although they were still struggling to make ends meet, he also knew that they had reached the end of their crossbows, and that it would be dangerous for the dragon ship to lose its mobility. At this time, the offensive of his own reinforcements was tight for a while, continuous, and finally broke through the enemy formation in the north, developing in depth, causing a great chaos, and he shouted with a roll of his eyes.
"Liu Shen is killed, but those who descend will not be killed!"
"Liu Shen is killed, but those who descend will not be killed!"
"Liu Shen is killed, but those who descend will not be killed!" ……
The Warrior shouted as it ran, and I didn't know it anywhere else, but anyway, everyone with long ears around the handsome ship heard it. At this time, they found that the handsome ship was already in chaos, and the soldiers on it were running back and forth in a panic, not knowing what they were busy with, and the general standing on the deck suddenly disappeared, leaving only a dead body. And the front side seems to be unable to withstand it, constantly retreating, and the front right wing is not optimistic, constantly signaling to send reinforcements, but there is no response. All kinds of signs seemed to verify the truth of what the enemy ships shouted, and they hesitated for a while, especially the former forbidden troops who had just surrendered, wondering if they would be anyway again.
"Enemy reinforcements are here again, hurry up and retreat......" At this moment, another warship that had retreated from the front rushed to the left flank, and the soldiers on it could not stop greeting the friendly ships they encountered. For a moment there was confusion in the formation, and everyone moved closer to the left flank, where the enemy had not yet appeared. The handsome ship was huge and difficult to turn, but it was left behind.
"Liu Shen isn't dead yet!? Hurry up and run alongside it, and the ballista will fire with all your might, sweeping away the enemies on board! Zhao Hao was still very puzzled at first, he asked people to shout to disturb the enemy's morale, why are there still people helping to create chaos now? But he quickly reacted, and it should be Liu Zhu who led the army to arrive. At this time, the sound of the enemy's commander's ship sounded the sound of the collection of troops, and the flag was waved again, apparently resuming command, trying to gather the fleeing ships. In astonishment, he again gave the order to charge the enemy ship.
After some effort, the Warrior finally approached the enemy ship, and both sides of the guns began to fire, the port side attacking the enemy ship approaching them, and the starboard gun taking care of the ship. Under the full fire of the gunners, the sails of the enemy ships were torn apart, the crossbow compartments were destroyed, and the enemy soldiers operating the stone throwers and slapping rods were scattered. Enemy soldiers hiding behind a wooden wall could not escape the penetrating crossbow arrows, and the flying houses on one side were destroyed, and the surviving enemy soldiers took refuge on the other side.
"Ni Liang, Wang Meng, prepare to board the ship and capture the flag!" Seeing that the heat was almost over, and it was difficult to organize a successful collision with the physical strength of the oarsmen now, Zhao Yu ordered the soldiers to be dispatched to seize the enemy ship.
"Obey the commander's order!" Ni Liang and Wang Meng saluted, and they immediately led a group of men and horses composed of their own guards and soldiers on board to go down to the gun compartment and prepare to cross the ship to engage in battle.
"Turn the rudder right, two!"
"The crossbow window is open, and the crossbowmen are in position to cover the jumping soldiers!"
"The ballista is out of position, and the cannon is fully open!"
"Collect the oars, throw the cable!" Zhao Yu gave orders one after another.
Since the dragon boat is closed, the upper and lower boats have a rear hatch and a side porthole of the paddle cabin, but the position is low, making it difficult to cross the ship. If the gun door is fully open, it can accommodate people in and out, and the position is basically the same height as the side of a large warship, which is just right for gang jumping. Now, when the two ships are close, as long as they are connected by ropes, the two ships can be close together, maintaining relative stability and facilitating the crossing of the ship. The gunners took up their weapons and stood on guard in case the enemy took the opportunity to rush up.
'Bang! There was a muffled thud, the hull of the ship shook, and the two outboards of the ship leaned together.
"Kill!" Ni Liang shouted, drew his knife in his hand and jumped onto the enemy ship, cutting down the two enemy soldiers who came to block, and the crossbowmen on the top cabin also opened their bows and arrows, shooting the enemy soldiers who tried to get close, and covering the soldiers to jump into the gang.
"Report to Your Highness, the soldiers have finished crossing the ship!" The artillery commander reported.
"Broken cables, detached, ballistas in place!" At this time, it was meaningless for the two ships to be tied together, but it was easy to be counterattacked by the enemy soldiers, and it was impossible to provide cover for the soldiers. The sail roper immediately cut the cable with a sharp axe, and the fencer used his penny to resist the enemy ship and exerted force in unison, and the two ships gradually separated.
"Pick up the oars, turn the rudder left for three points, stabilize the rudder, and suppress the counterattacking enemy forces with ballistas!" Zhao Hao issued another string of passwords, but his voice was a little hoarse.
Zhao Yu knew that a warship of this size could carry a thousand people, and it should be equipped with at least sixty sailors, and as a handsome ship, in addition to his personal entourage, staff, and miscellaneous servants, the escort would not be less than four hundred. The standard number of soldiers carried by the Warrior is forty, and after being strengthened, there are only fifty; There were only fifty guards and retinues on board, but they also needed to be left behind, so that less than ninety were on board the enemy ship, and the rest had to take up bows and crossbows to take up cover.
Although the enemy ships had been fired destructively with ballistae, causing some casualties, Zhao Yu estimated that there were still no less than 400 enemy troops on the enemy ships that still had combat effectiveness. Therefore, Ni Liang and the others who boarded the ship still had to face enemies several times their own, of course, these people were all proficient in technical combat, especially their own guards, all of whom had the ability to fight with one enemy and ten. However, Liu Shen's guards must also be the elite of a hundred battles in his army, and he has no bottom in his heart about the outcome of this battle, so he did not stay away after breaking away, but continued to shoot every enemy soldier he could see with a ballista to reduce the pressure on the soldiers.
"The starboard fifth, sixth, and seventh ballistas destroyed the gangway connecting the deck of the enemy ship to the tower, and fired crossbows in a row to suppress the enemy soldiers on the tower!" Zhao Hao turned to the crossbow window to observe the enemy situation, the enemy ship arranged on the first deck of the enemy soldiers the most, saw someone boarding the ship hurriedly wanted to rush up the second floor; Most of the enemy soldiers on the tower are pikemen who specialize in dealing with the enemy soldiers who board the ship, but Ni Liang not only has a small number of them, but also has long knives and is not advantageous to fight with them. After he found that the soldiers who were blocked on the side of the tower were in a bitter battle, he immediately ordered fire support.
"Your Highness, there are not many arrows left on the ship!" Artillery Commander Hou Bao said.
"Your Highness, the enemy has several small warships sailing towards me, do you want to fight back?" Boatswain Jiang Chun also prayed.
"The port gun retreated into the cabin, closed the gun door, and handed over all the remaining arrows and stone shells to the starboard gun." Zhao Yu thought for a while and said, now is a critical moment, he can't fall short, "Jiang Chun, you immediately organize all the people on the ship who can fight to prevent the enemy from boarding the ship." ”
"Your Highness, shall we escort you to break through first?" In the absence of the captain and the deputy captain, and according to the rules, the boatswain took over the command, and it was obvious that His Highness wanted to give up all his support to the soldiers who boarded the ship, and did not hesitate to give up resistance to the attack on his own ship.
"Not allowed!" Zhao Hao said coldly.
"Alas, the last general obeys!" Jiang Chun was also very helpless, so he could only take the order, but he still ordered someone to prepare a small boat in the back, and once the battle situation was urgent, he would send His Highness away in a small boat.
As he spoke, several enemy ships that rescued the handsome ship arrived, but they accepted the lesson of the past and did not dare to approach rashly, but only crackled arrows and smashed stones from a distance. But for a while, except for smashing some patent leather sawdust and inserting some arrows, it could not cause substantial damage to it, but some dogs had nowhere to bite the hedgehog.
"They've attacked Feilu!" And this kung fu ballista successfully destroyed several upward gangways, and the ballista also pressed the enemy pikemen to the point that they couldn't raise their heads, Ni Liang took the opportunity to put down the enemy soldiers who were engaged in the battle, and led people to attack Feilu. Bed crossbows were once arranged here to facilitate the condescending release of arrows, but this place has been washed with ballista blood, and the remaining remnants of the soldiers saw that someone had boarded the ship, and jumped directly into the sea.
"Increase the angle of fire and block the door of the Lord's Chamber!" Above is where the commander lives and works, and it will also be the place where the resistance is most stubborn, and there are generals who command the guards to rush outward in an attempt to block the Song army going up the ladder. He watched Ni Liang, who was attacking on his back, holding a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, but the gangway was narrow and steep, although his heroic connection cut down several enemy soldiers, but soon someone filled the vacancy, and for a moment there was a stalemate, Zhao Yu ordered to block the hatch with a ballista to cut off their reinforcements, and escorted him to continue to charge upward.
The enemy ships besieging the Warrior were emboldened......, and they leaned up to board the ship, but they were hit head-on by the oarsmen, and they fell into the sea with blood flowing, and they drove the boat into ramming in anger.
"Hurry up and cut down the handsome flag!" Under the impact of the enemy ship, the Warrior swayed violently, but Zhao Yu remained unmoved, his eyes staring at the attacking soldiers. They are now divided into two groups, one group follows Ni Liang to continue upward, and the other group blocks the pursuing enemy army after the break, and in the state of being outnumbered, casualties are inevitable, and seeing his soldiers fall one by one, his heart is like a knife.
But Zhao Yu knows that this is not the time to be soft-hearted, in this era, the handsome flag is not only a tool for command, but also a symbol of the commander, but also the soul and morale of the first army, so there is a saying to capture the flag. The fall of the handsome banner indicates that the Chinese army has been breached, the commander has been killed, and the various departments have fallen into chaos due to the loss of command, and the morale has plummeted. Now he can see the general flag of the rear army, indicating that the outer defense of the Yuan army has been completely breached, and it is the time of panic.
"General Ni went up and cut down the flagpole!"
"Why is he still so stupid, as for spending so much effort!" Looking at the flagpole that fell down and the falling Liu Shenshuai flag, Zhao Yu scolded with a smile, but suddenly felt that his legs were weak, and the strength on his body seemed to be emptied in an instant...... (To be continued.) )