Chapter 485: It's so cool

The Baekje fleet was organized into 10 squadrons, each led by a Sea Hawk warship.

Yan Changhan ordered that four detachments continue to pursue the fleeing Tang warships, four detachments to outflank the Tang army from the east and west, and one detachment to directly enter the port to escort the infantry to land and clear the Tang army on the island. He himself led a detachment of troops to observe the enemy's formation.

Yan Changhan made such a deployment mainly because he believed that the Tang army only had six warships, and the Tang army on the island only had more than 1,000 people, and his intelligence mainly came from Fu Qiu Min, the butler of the prince of Dieluo.

It is said that Yan Changhan is nearly fifty years old and is an experienced admiral, so he should not have rashly launched such a big operation just by relying on an intelligence source like Fu Qiu Min. He made this judgment for a reason.

First of all, based on the information provided by the Baekje people who participated in the Battle of Dengju, he learned that the Tang fleet only had about ten warships, and the Tang army's warships were so large that each one required a lot of money to build. The people of Baekje are a maritime power, and they have always attached great importance to the construction of ships, and they only have more than 400 warships of various kinds with the strength of the whole country, so it is not uncommon for the Tang Dynasty to have 10 such warships. A total of six warships that can be sent to Jeju Island should be about the same number.

Secondly, he expected that the prince of Diera would not dare to deceive himself, because Jeju Island was less than a thousand miles away from Baekje, and the warships of the Baekje people could reach it in a few days, and they could be destroyed at any time.

In fact, Yan Changhan was a very cautious admiral, and he did not underestimate the enemy just because the Tang Dynasty had six warships. In order to ensure the victory of the battle, he mobilized half of the warships of the entire Baekje people to deal with the warships of the Tang Dynasty in a number of 20 to 1. Therefore, even if the intelligence is inaccurate, even if the warships of the Tang Dynasty are doubled, it is only a ratio of 10 to 1, and it can still win the roll.

Yan Changhan's deployment stipulated that as long as the Tang Dynasty's warships were discovered, each detachment would surround one Tang army's warship, and the remaining detachments would intercept it on the periphery to prevent the Tang Dynasty's warships from breaking through and escaping. He himself led a detachment of troops as the last mobile force to deal with other contingencies.

Yan Changhan's deployment is commendable and impeccable. However, he was wrong, very wrong. How did he know that the number of sail battleships in the fleet of the Tang Army was more than 30, and they had already occupied a favorable position.

The four detachments of the Baekje people pursued the Tang army, and they could see the outline of Jeju Island, and then saw the warships of the Tang Dynasty people of the third uncle. After these six Tang Dynasty warships converged, they did not retreat, they turned around and formed a group, with four warships in the front two behind, and the distance between each warship was kept at a distance of about 150 paces, echoing each other to prevent the Baekje people from separating and outflanking.

Yan Changhan looked at the arrangement of the Tang Dynasty people, and he was in the middle of it. He immediately ordered the enemy to face the enemy head-on, and at the same time ordered the four detachments on the flanks to outflank him.

Just as the Baekje detachments on the east and west flanks were about to turn to outflank, they suddenly spotted a large number of Tang warships and pounced on them viciously.

When Yan Changhan saw this situation, he couldn't help but be surprised, knowing that he had fallen for the tricks of the Tang Dynasty. However, he immediately calmed down and ordered the Baekje detachments on the east and west flanks to meet the Tang warships, and the four squadrons in the middle went all out to attack the six Tang warships in the front.

The six Tang warships that served as the task of luring the enemy were six sail battleships under the personal command of Wang Jue, the deputy commander of the Open Sea Fleet. He commanded the Chang'an, along with five other sail battleships, and rushed up against the Baekje warships.

The Baekje people were originally full of confidence, and they were outnumbered, and they rushed forward against the Tang army's warships with great vigour, but when they got closer, they found that they were facing the behemoths one by one, and they were suddenly a little overwhelmed.

The weapons of ancient naval warfare were mainly bows and crossbows, and there were trebuchets and beats on large warships, and the main means was to jump on board the ship to fight. The Baekje warships were small, and only the larger warships such as the Naruzuru battleship, the Great Warship, the Falcon Battleship, and the Sea Eagle Warship had a small number of stone throwers and poles.

When they encountered these tall sail battleships of the Tang Dynasty, there were few effective means of attack.

The sail battleships of the Tang Army were loaded with a large number of bed crossbows and stone throwers operated by several people, and at least four slap rods were installed, not to mention a large number of fierce fire oil clay pots. In addition to this, the sail battleship has one of the most powerful weapons, that is, the tall bow wrapped in a thick copper skin, which can knock over enemy ships without difficulty.

The allied fleet approached, and the Tang army's battleship was the first to fly a huge stone bullet, and a "click" sound was heard, and the Baekje warship was either punched out of a big hole, or the mast was broken, and even more unlucky soldiers were directly concentrated by the stone bullets, and the bones and tendons were broken, and they did not become humanoid. Then the shaft of a spear-like bed crossbow flew out, and a fiery oil clay pot hung on it, and when it was hit, it immediately ignited a fire that soared to the sky.

In the short time that the two fleets were directly staggered, the Baekje people had already lost 7 warships. The Baekje people saw that the Tang Dynasty's warship was so tall that they did not dare to collide with it, and they dodged one after another. However, the battleships of the Tang army advanced in unison, and there were two warships in the back to make up for the gap between the battleships in front, and the Baekje people couldn't dodge even if they wanted to. The battlefield constantly resounded with the sound of "bumper bump", and the warships of the Baekje people were sent directly to the bottom of the sea.

The Baekje warships were panicked and scurried in all directions, and many of their own warships collided with each other.

The "Changan" rushed into the Baekje fleet, and the trebuchet and bed crossbow continued to hit the enemy ships in the distance, and the six huge slapsticks mounted on both sides began to wield.

The pole is a long wooden pole with an iron chain attached to it, and a heavy stone is attached to the front of the chain. Several soldiers push the wooden poles, swing the chains, and push the stones at the front end, using their huge kinetic energy to ram the enemy warship.

Wherever the "Chang'an" passed, the warships of the Baekje people within the range of the slap were smashed like papier-mâché and sank to the bottom of the sea one by one.

The officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who operated the clapper were more energetic in their hearts.

Some of the Baekje warships approached the "Changan", and the brave soldiers of the Baekje Naval Division picked up their bows and arrows and fired at the Tang troops on the "Changan", but they were met with a large number of Tang officers and soldiers who returned fire. The officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty hid behind thick arrow stacks, each wearing heavy armor, and the helmets on their heads only showed a pair of eyes and exhaling nostrils. Standing on a tall ship, they shot mercilessly at the Baekje officers and soldiers who had no shelter and wore thin leather armor.

It was a one-sided slaughter.

The six warships commanded by Wang Jue to lure the enemy, in the middle of the four Baekje detachment of more than 80 warships, rampaged, as if they were in a no-man's land, and constantly sent the Baekje warships to the bottom of the sea.

At this time, on the battlefield where the two flanks were fighting, the situation of the Baekje people was even worse. Liu Renliang commanded dozens of sail battleships, and soon crushed the fleet of the Baekje people, compressing them towards the sea where Wang Jue and the others were.

Yan Changhan, who was originally full of confidence, never thought that such a bad situation would occur. He wanted to cry without tears, so he had to give the order to retreat. 8)