Chapter 313: Langya's Bloody Battle
After dark, a strong wind suddenly blew on the sea, a strong northwest wind, set off two or three people high huge waves, wave after wave, and there was a huge whistling sound on the sea.
The huge warships of the Wu army, like leaves, floated in the waves, suddenly pushed to the peak, and suddenly fell to the bottom.
Wu Jun has been active in inland waters all year round, where has he experienced such huge wind and waves. The soldiers began to nauseate and vomit. In the end, my stomach was empty, and I was still retching.
On the deck, they couldn't stand still, and they hid in the cabin one by one, like a puddle of mud, lying there, motionless.
The main general Xu Cheng also got seasick. But he has a solid foundation in martial arts, and he uses his internal strength to forcibly suppress the churning in his stomach. Looking at the pale faces of the sailors, I felt a panic in my heart. The 20,000-strong army lost all of its combat effectiveness at once. One by one, the vomiting soft legs and soft feet, they can't stand on the deck, where can they still fight?
At this time, if the Qi army launched a surprise attack, the consequences would be unimaginable. Although reconnaissance ships were sent here to reconnoiter before. Who can guarantee that those two fishermen are not spies of the Qi Kingdom?
In fact, the two fishermen were dressed as Qi army spies, and they took the Wu army reconnaissance boat to wander around this sea area for most of the day, and of course they would not show them the location of the Qi army's sailors' ambush.
The Qi army's sailors bullied the Wu army's unfamiliar terrain and used two spies to lead the Wu army's sailors into the encirclement.
Langya Terrace is a place surrounded by the sea on three sides, with Zhaitang Island in the southeast, Longwan in the north, Muguan Island in the southwest, and Langya City in the northwest. The sea conditions here are complicated, the terrain is dangerous, and it has the geographical advantage of being easy to defend and difficult to attack, and has become an important barrier to guard the Shandong Peninsula.
At the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, Jiang Taigong was the eight gods when he was enshrined in Qi, and the main shrine stood on Langya Mountain at four times, and many emperors of the past dynasties had come here to worship. After the king of Yue Goujian became the hegemon, he set up a view of the princes of the Haitai Alliance in Langya Mountain. In order to control the Qi country, the capital was moved from Huiji to Langya, and the Moon Tower was repaired to show the nostalgia for Baiyue.
Later generations of Qin Shi Huang climbed Langya three times, lived for a few months, moved 30,000 households from the mainland, built Langya platform, and carved stone Jigong. Langyatai is also the starting place where Qin Fangshi Xu Fu led thousands of boys and girls to cross to Japan.
The past is more than a thousand years. Let's go back to the decisive battle of Wu Qi's sailors.
The soldiers of the Wu Army sailors traveled thousands of miles and came to the Langya waters, they were already very tired, and suddenly encountered strong winds and waves, and they were only accustomed to the calm waves in the inland waters. They all vomited and collapsed on the boat.
It was easy to get through until midnight, and suddenly I heard the war drums sounding on all sides. Xu Cheng was taken aback, knowing that it was the Qi army that launched the attack, and shouted: "The Qi army has attacked, all the soldiers quickly meet the battle." "Lead the signal soldiers, board the ship, send a signal with firelight, and order the Wu army to meet the battle.
Originally, for the enemy's sneak attack, the Wu army also had a plan. But at this time, they were all seasick, their bodies were soft, and they were weak, how could they list the battle formation at once.
And the Qi warships were passing through the cusp of the storm, as fast as a sharp arrow. The sea illuminated by the torches was red, and the sound of the drums was accompanied by the shouts of tens of thousands of people, forming a huge momentum, which made the Wu army frightened.
When the two sides were about 200 paces away, countless fire meteors suddenly flew out of the Qi fleet, and the fire meteors flew towards the Wu army fleet overwhelmingly. It turned out that the Qi army began to use strong crossbows to launch rockets at the Wu fleet. Countless rockets with terrifying flames roared all over the world and smashed towards Wu Jun!
The entire fleet of the Wu army was shrouded in a terrifying "rain of fire" like purgatory!
The sea area of the battlefield is in flames. The rocket, covered with a lot of grease, landed on the ship, and the wooden ship immediately burst into flames. The grease got on the soldier's clothes, and the clothes burned. A direct shot hit the soldier's body, and the soldier fell into the sea in flames.
A large number of Wu warships ignited raging flames and became "volcanoes" floating on the water. The sea is full of flames and smoke, and it becomes a sea of fire!
Pity the countless Wu army sailors wrapped in flames all over their bodies, screaming and jumping into the sea!
Xu Cheng stood on the shipbuilding and shouted: "Shoot the arrow!" Counterattack! ”
Someone below immediately responded: "Shoot the arrow!" Counterattack! ”
The order was immediately spread one after the other.
The Wu army, which had always been well-trained and brave in battle, also began to fight back fiercely after a brief period of confusion at first. On the rough sea, the arrows fired by Wu and Qi are intertwined.
However, although the Wu army caused some casualties to the Qi army, it was powerless to stop the Qi army's attack.
Under the cover of fierce long-range fire, three detachments of the Qi fleet smashed into the array of Wu Army's naval divisions, completing the division and encirclement of the huge Wu fleet.
Next. The two sides entered the most tragic broadside battle. The Qi battleship first rammed the enemy ship with the huge angle of attack in the bow and broke through a passage. At the same time hook the enemy ship with a long hooked spear.
Wearing bronze helmets and armor, Qi soldiers with shields in one hand and short swords in the other, roared and jumped onto the enemy ship. The two sides engaged in a fierce white-knuckle battle.
In the era of cold weapons, there was no long-range artillery bombardment, and broadside warfare became a standard tactic in water warfare. The strong Wu army was originally very good at engaging in broadside battles. Under normal circumstances, the Qi army was not an opponent of the Wu army at all.
But the Wu army came all the way from afar, and the soldiers were all physically and mentally exhausted. In addition, there were sudden strong winds and waves, general seasickness, and huge physical exertion. This is in great contrast with the Qi army, which is recuperating and waiting for work.
Wu Jun grew up and lived in the warm southern zone, which has a hot climate. Wu sailors often fought hand-to-hand with each other barefoot, shirtless, and disheveled. It was early spring, and it was still cold in the north. Under such circumstances, the combat effectiveness of the Wu army was greatly discounted.
Soldiers on both sides scuffled and fought together. For a time, the Wu army's battleship was full of swords and swords, and blood splattered. On the battlefield, the sound of war drums, horns, the shouts of soldiers, and the screams of wounded soldiers were intertwined, resounding in the sky!
At this time, more than ten large warships of the Qi army surrounded the flagship of the Wu army, the "Yu Huang". “
The "Yuhuang" is a huge building ship, towering above the water, can carry hundreds of people, has heavy wooden protection, has strong protection capabilities and combat effectiveness.
The Qi army rushed to the Yuhuang and shouted in unison: "Kill all the Wu dogs and capture Xu Cheng alive!" ”
Each showed its knives and guns and launched a frenzied killing.
The Wu army was all weak, and the Qi army was strong. This is no longer a battle, but a massacre. In the shadow of the sword and sword, the Qi army killed people, just like cutting radishes and vegetables, only to see blood splashing, Wu Jun let out a miserable scream.
Xu Cheng pulled out his sword, jumped out of the command platform, rushed into the enemy formation, and shouted: "Brothers, kill!" ”
As soon as Wu Jun saw the commander enter the battle, his spirits were greatly lifted: "Brothers, kill-"