Liu Renliang led a detachment composed of three sail battleships of the second class, two third ranks, four ranks, and five ranks, as well as two supply ships, to Dengzhou to aid the Dengzhou Naval Division.

There were about sixty or seventy of these pirate ships, but they were all small boats such as seaside boats (28 people), and the largest Seahawk warships (70 people) were only a few two-masted ships, and more were sampan rowing boats (10 people).

When Liu Renliang saw the pirate ship, he immediately became excited, and he immediately ordered to set up a wild goose formation and rush towards the pirate fleet.

The specific arrangement is that Liu Renliang led the command ship of the second-class sail battleship "Yangzhou" in the center, and four third- and fourth-class sail battleships were lined up in turn on both wings. The rest of the 4th and 5th sail battleships were lined up behind the 3rd and 4th ranks, ready to outflank from both flanks.

Two supply ships followed behind the "Yangzhou", followed by a third class sail battleship.

At this time, on a pirate Sea Eagle warship with a skull flag, an old pirate with a gray beard about 50 years old wearing armor and no helmet took a telescope captured from the Dengzhou Navy and observed the Tang Navy for a while, and then handed the telescope to a young man next to him and said: "Young master, you see what kind of warship this Tang Army is, it is so tall, and the ship at the front has nine masts. ”

The young man wore a helmet with a curled brim, and looked like he was about twenty-three or fourteen years old, with a sturdy figure and a delicate appearance, with a somewhat heroic air between his eyebrows. He took the binoculars, observed them for a while, and said, "I heard that Datang has built a new offshore fleet, and it should be them." ”

The old pirate asked, "Young master, how do you think we should meet the enemy?" ”

The young man said: "Although the enemy's ships are tall, they are only about ten, so we still use the method of dealing with the enemy's Dengzhou naval division, and take advantage of the small and flexible number of our ships to approach the enemy and fight them in close quarters. General Tiger Head, this battle is still under your command. ”

General Tiger Head said, "Yes, young master. As he spoke, he began to issue orders to his subordinates.

The young man said to another tall young general beside him, "Kawasaki-kun, order the troops on the shore to withdraw." ”

Kawasaki also went down to give the order.

The young man took a telescope and continued to observe the movements of the Don fleet.

Liu Renliang led the fleet towards the pirate's fleet, and he saw the pirate's ships lined up in four columns and sailed head-on.

Liu Renliang said with a smile: "These guys who don't know whether they are alive or dead, it seems that they still have some tactical level. I like it though. "His biggest fear is that the pirates will scatter and escape, so that at least half of the pirates will escape.

The two fleets continued to approach.

The pirates were very confident, and the ships of the Dengzhou Naval Division were also very tall, but they still managed to defeat the Dengzhou Naval Division by relying on their flexible tactics. At this moment, they approached the ships of the Tang army, avoided the front of the Tang army, and wanted to penetrate through the gaps in the ships of the Tang army and break through the various encirclements of the ships of the Tang army.

When they reached the front of the sail battleship, they found that the shape of the keel of the sail battleship was different from that of the Dengzhou Naval Division, which was more slender and more flexible in turning. Now, the pirates don't have the advantage of being small and fast.

The battleships of the Tang Army rushed directly towards the four pirate fleets, and the pirates saw the tall ships of the Tang Army rushing towards them, and hurriedly avoided them, but their speed was not as fast as the sail battleships, and many of the pirate ships were directly knocked over, and then sank to the bottom of the sea.

However, the pirates were well-trained, and after a period of panic, they dispersed according to their intended goal to outflank the ships of the Tang army.

On the side of a three-class sail battleship, several sailors operated a huge bed crossbow, hung a clay pot filled with fierce fire oil on it, lit the strip of cloth on it, aimed at a pirate seaside ship, and they condescendedly shot directly at the tower of the pirate ship, and a huge fire immediately burst into flames.

The pirates caught fire and jumped into the sea, and the wooden seaside boats were soon burned to the ground.

The sailors who operated the stone throwers also kept firing 30-pound stone bullets, and in the face of the approaching pirate ships, their hit rate was also very high. The huge kinetic energy of the stone projectile hits the pirate ship, and it is directly a big hole, which falls on the sampan, and it can be destroyed immediately.

The pirates were extremely brave, and they forced their way close to the Tang army's sail battleship despite the heavy losses, but when they got closer, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded—the side of the sail battleship was higher than the deck of the pirate ship, more than a foot high, and the side was still in the shape of a drum, which was extremely difficult to climb.

At this time, on the deck of the third floor of the sail battleship, a large number of archers flashed, condescendingly shooting at most of the unarmored pirates, not to mention that the pirates wanted to jump to attack, even if they showed their heads on the deck.

Then, a clay pot filled with fierce fire oil was thrown from it, and the pirate ship of the Tang Army, which finally approached the Tang Army, was quickly burned.

Around Liu Renliang's "Yangzhou", several pirate ships also approached, and the pirates also fired rockets at the "Yangzhou", but their rockets only had a small piece of tarpaulin wrapped around the arrow, using fish oil, and the firepower was very weak, and when it hit the thick hull, it didn't work at all. Shooting to the ship's tower, the Tang soldiers could easily extinguish the flames.

The pirates were overwhelmed and had nothing to do with these behemoths.

One of the pirates' Sea Eagle battleship also approached the "Yangzhou", and they wanted to approach the "Yangzhou" from the side. Just as the Sea Eagle battleship was approaching the "Yangzhou", it was found that the "Yangzhou" suddenly turned around and headed towards the Sea Eagle battleship. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Sea Eagle battleship hurriedly turned its bow to avoid the "Yangzhou", but it did not expect the speed of the "Yangzhou" to be very fast, and before the Sea Eagle battleship could make a U-turn, it suddenly hit its bow near it.

The Seahawk battleship stood out from the crowd of pirate ships and was considered a behemoth, but it was like a papier-mâché toy in front of a huge sail battleship, and it was knocked over in an instant.

Seven or eight pirate ships passed through the gaps in the battleships of the Don Army, and they came to the vicinity of the supply ships. The pirates were glad that they had finally found a soft persimmon and hurried up to pick it up.

When they arrived at the supply ship, the pirates did not notice that there were Tang guards on board, and they could not help but be overjoyed. Looking at the tall supply ship, the pirates threw their claws and hooked on the side of the supply ship and began to climb upward. 8)