Chapter 480: Burning
"The old man really didn't deceive people, Bihai Country has a shipyard by the Hanjiang River, and all the materials needed for shipbuilding are readily available, and after the Lu clan surrendered, all the materials that could be called were transferred to Binzhou. There is also Lu Qiusheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and this time it is all his craftsmen who can imitate the serpentine ship without any bad score. ”
"Lu Qiusheng?" Qi Lie vaguely remembered that the second generation of Ming Emperor Zhu Yutang had said that the Qianshou Pavilion that killed countless blood cavalry in Linzhou was the masterpiece of his Lu clan, but he didn't expect to imitate a serpentine ship today, although he is an enemy of the blood clan, he is indeed a strange craftsman.
How tricky it is when you are an enemy, how easy it is when you surrender.
It seems that this Lu Qiusheng is indeed going to make a great contribution to Imuran this time.
At this moment, there was a roar, and another whistle eagle circled and landed on the falconer's arm.
"The enemy ship is close at hand!"
In fact, at this time, why do you need a warning eagle, even the naked eye can see that the Cangwu fleet in the distance is approaching step by step.
And Qi Lie's tiger head ship stood out like a flock, which had attracted many enemy ships to turn their bows and sail towards this side.
He made a gentle gesture of please, and said with a smile: "Please also ask the Blood Flame King to move to the bow of the ship so that those Cangwu soldiers can see more clearly." ”
Qi Lie had no choice but to lift the giant sword and stride forward a few steps. To tell the truth, he would rather ride a horse and a sword to rush into the enemy line to fight, rather than use this kind of deceptive tricks. It's just that right now it's on the water, no matter how bold he is and how high his martial arts are, in the face of such a vast river, there is also a kind of cowardice from the instinct of a landlubber.
Sure enough, Juwei's figure had an excellent effect on the bow of the ship, and the ships gradually gathered together and rushed straight towards Qi Lie.
Gentle seemed to be muttering something to the sidelines, and seemed to be calculating the distance from the enemy ship. Suddenly, he clapped his hands and shouted, "It's time!" ”
The river is still calm, and the flotilla is still menacing.
At this moment, Qi Lie seemed to see one of the Cangwu warships in front of him swaying to the right. Soon, another ship bobbed to the right. Gradually, more and more ships were swayed by the waves and drifted to the right.
It seemed that there was a storm on the river, but Qi Lie could clearly feel it, as if there was an invisible huge palm hidden at the bottom of the river, which was hitting the formation of the enemy ships from under the water again and again.
Originally, the warships were full of soldiers, but after the sudden impact and violent shaking, countless soldiers fell directly into the river without standing firmly, and the exclamations could be heard clearly from afar.
After a while, the shaking gradually stopped, and wailing in the waters around the Cangwu fleet, all of whom had not yet sunk to the bottom of the river. The people on the boat threw down the ropes one after another to rescue, but compared to the number of people who fell into the water, it was just a drop in the bucket and did not play a role at all.
The ship's formation had been completely disrupted, and many of the bows of the ships were knocked into twists, and they were pushed across the middle of the river by the current. There were also several ships that accidentally collided with each other as they turned, and they were suddenly entangled in a pile and could not move.
At this time, a black shadow appeared on the river not far from the ship array, and Wen Wen knew that it was the serpentine ship that had just made a miraculous feat under the water and surfaced.
Gentle chuckled.
Li Houcong, do you think this is the end?
Soon, the serpentine ships descended again, leaving no trace on the surface except for the usual pile of white foam and whirlpools.
Just when the Cangwu fleet was in chaos and only cared about saving itself, the hull began to shake violently again.
This time, all the ships shook to the left, as if the big invisible hand had changed direction and started to make waves from the other side.
Wen Wen pointed to those Cangwu warships and said, "Can the Blood Flame King see those enemy ships?" Fangcai's serpentine ship pierced the belly of the ship from the left side to the right under the water. So the enemy ship was damaged on one side, and even though the cabin was flooded, it could still be supported. Now the serpentine ship is attacking from the right side again, opening another opening on the other side of the belly, no matter how big Li Houcong's warship is, it can't stand the opening on both sides at the same time, and they are finished. ”
Sure enough, after a while after Wen Wen finished speaking, a dull sound was heard. As if someone had been cut off from the water, a cangwu warship suddenly shrank downward, followed by the hull of the ship shattered into countless fragments, and instantly became a pile of wreckage floating on the river.
Although Qi Lie couldn't see the underwater situation, he could guess it.
The hull of the ship under the water entered the water, and the openings on both sides were already fragmented, and all the soldiers were gathered on the deck, and the lower part of the warship could not support the weight of the upper part, and was immediately crushed to pieces.
Subsequently, the rest of the warships also scattered one after another, and were washed into the river one after another. Only the hulls of the previous warships that collided with each other were broken, but the upper masts were put together and entangled by the sails, forming a strange support that was inserted straight into the river, like erecting a spirit flag, and the corpses of the soldiers floating all over the river formed a terrifying picture.
The Serpentine also shuttles underwater, searching for the remnants of the ship, sparing no enemy who survives. Soon, but only half an hour, Qi Lie saw that the river in front of him had been basically flattened, and the vast army ship formation was so broken.
However, there is one exception.
The huge Daiyan ship still stood intact in the distant waters.
Qi Lie was a little puzzled, was the spear attack launched by the serpentine ship ineffective against such a giant ship?
However, the enemy commander still exists, and the greatest combat power is still there.
Is the next step to concentrate all the serpentine ships to attack?
Qi Lie was suspicious, and actually found that the serpentine ships had surfaced in twos and threes, and returned to the rear of the tiger head ship.
"What does this mean? Why did these serpentine ships turn back? ”
"Oh, the Blood Flame King doesn't know. The spear of this serpentine ship is of course invincible against the ordinary warships of Cangwu Kingdom, but it is still a little weaker against a warship like the king ship that Li Houcong is riding. However, the elder brother already knew this, so he specially prepared another gift, which he wanted to give to this Cangwu Emperor alone, and the Blood Flame King just had to wait and see. ”
As he spoke, he turned his head to Lin Tongsheng and asked, "Is it almost arranged?" ”
Lin Tongsheng replied, "It should be almost there." ”
Qi Lie stared closely into the distance and shouted: "But there is only one boat left, even if I sail over now and let Qi Lie lead the soldiers to rush to the enemy ship, I will definitely be able to capture that Li Houcong alive, what are you waiting for." You see, the royal ship has begun to turn around, and this emperor wants to slip away! ”
"Don't worry, he can't run! The old man said at the beginning that he could win a big victory without working hard for the Blood Flame King. What's more, in this battle, there is no need to capture alive at all, and the day of cutting off the Li dynasty is today! ”
As he spoke, he looked into the water, and suddenly he was happy.
"It's here!"
Qi Lie also looked down at the water, only to see a few black boat shadows appear under the river again, quite similar to those serpentine ships of Fang Cai, but each one was thinner, shorter and smaller.
Soon, those boats also surfaced. This time, Qi Lie completely saw the true face.
It was thin and pointed from bow to stern, and although there was no longer an iron spear on the bow, the bow itself was shaped like a giant spear, and the hull was like a spear. Those boats floated faster and dived faster than the serpentine ships that preceded them. Of course, the speed of the boat is also faster.
Obviously, that Lu Qiusheng immediately improved the captured serpentine ship and created another form of serpentine ship, but the serpentine ship of Fang Cai had no way to take Li Houcong's king ship, so what kind of tricks did such a small ship have?
The river remained calm, with no movement except for some undulating waves and scattered wreckage of the ship's hull drifting in from afar.
But Qi Lie knew that the terrible offensive was hidden underwater. The king ship, which had made a hasty U-turn, was trying to sail towards the riverbank, and the annihilation of all but the king ship had obviously completely broken its morale, and the only thing it wanted to do now was ------ land.
The tiger head ship followed closely behind, and Qi Lie had already made up his mind in his heart, in case those small serpentine ships failed to catch up with Li Houcong's king ship, he would follow and pursue on land. In any case, Li Houcong's head must be taken off today, so that he can earn back the greatest merit of this battle for the blood clan!
The King's ship was huge, and it was obviously not as fast as the Tiger Head. But the strange thing was that Qi Lie found that the speed of the king's ship fleeing towards the bank of the river was getting slower and slower, as if it was caught by something underwater.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to catch up and kill him without leaving a piece of armor behind!
Qi Lie had just opened his mouth and ordered to speed up the ship, and he hurriedly shouted, "No! ”
"That emperor is right in front of you, why doesn't Wen Shumi let me chase after me! Is it because I am afraid that my blood clan will steal the first credit? Qi Lie's tone was extremely stern, and his eyes were full of murder.
"Never get even half a minute closer to the king's ship!"
"Why?"
"Because ......" Wen Lan didn't have time to explain, only to hear a loud thunderous crackle from the king ship in the distance, followed by several more. The amazing sound echoed across the entire Hanjiang River, and everyone except Wen Wen and Lin Tongsheng was shocked to look at each other.
And wherever Qi Lie's eyes went, the Cangwu King ship carrying Li Houcong had already been tightly wrapped in fire and smoke, and it was almost impossible to see the place on the entire hull that was not on fire.
"This ...... How can this explode into such a situation out of thin air? ”
"Where out of thin air, it's those little serpentine ships that have worked wonders." Wen Wen knew that it was done, and breathed a sigh of relief, and explained: "The iron spear of the previous serpentine ship was difficult to poke into/into the king's ship, and this little serpentine ship relied on its extremely fast speed to poke itself into the belly of the king's ship as a long spear, and there were only six small serpentine ships in total, each of which carried a lot of gunpowder. The gunpowder was also made by the Great Witch God himself, and it was extremely powerful. Just wait for the little serpentine ship to get its hands on it underwater, just detonate one of them, and the rest will be ignited and detonated one after another, and then blow the lower cabin of the king ship to pieces! In addition to gunpowder, there is also fire oil that does not water, once ignited, it is not easy to extinguish even if it encounters water, so no matter who is on the entire king's ship, it is now about burned to charcoal, and there is no possibility of survival. ”