Chapter 565: Encircling the Point for Reinforcements
"Wait for me here." Seeing that the division was unfavorable, the Fire Dragon King's face did not change at all, "Order, the tortoiseshell ship avoids the merchant ship and pursues Xiao Zao with all its might, and the sea falcon attacks." ”
The herald quickly waved a few flags.
After losing a dozen more ships, the remaining tortoiseshell ships managed to dodge Xiao Zao, taking advantage of their faster speed and chasing after those Xiao Zao, who were their opponents.
More than a dozen sea falcon warships all attacked, deftly sailing from both sides of the merchant ship, when the two ships passed by, all the weapons on the sea falcons attacked, countless crossbow arrows shot at those merchant ships, and many fireballs were thrown on the merchant ships, only one face, more than half of the dozen merchant ships were injured, but none of them sank. What was strange was that those merchant ships didn't fight back at all, as if they weren't equipped with any weapons, and just rushed towards the Fire Dragon King's main formation.
"Good!" Seeing that as soon as the battle began, more than thirty tortoiseshell ships that made him hate them to the bone were severely damaged, Ping Qingsheng was overjoyed, but what he didn't know was that there were only four or five people in each of those tortoiseshell ships, and in fact, the loss of the Fire Dragon King was not large.
"Order, the whole army presses and severely damages the Han people's sea falcon ships!" Seeing the Fire Dragon King's sea falcon ship rushing past those merchant ships towards his own formation, Ping Qingsheng commanded loudly.
The remaining hundred or so ships suddenly accelerated, and surrounded the fifteen sea-dowl ships that rushed towards them. It was Lin Qing who commanded the sea falcon ship, and when he saw the momentum of the Dongying people, a sneer crossed the corner of his mouth, and the command flag in his hand waved repeatedly.
Fifteen Sea Falcon warships suddenly turned and crossed an arc, exposing their fragile flanks to Taira Kiyomori.
"Nani? Want to run? Seeing this action of the Sea Falcon warship, Ping Qingsheng's brows furrowed, and he didn't understand why the Sea Falcon Warship had this action. The ships of the two sides were so close that it was too late to turn and flee at this time. Moreover, Taira Kiyomori has fought with the Fire Dragon King so many times, and he has never seen the Fire Dragon King's fleet so weak.
But he soon knew the answer, and suddenly he saw a dense cold light shooting towards his fleet.
"Crossbow bolts!" His pupils constricted dramatically, as if he had seen a ghost. Crossbow arrows are not unusual, and it is strange that fifteen small sea falcon warships actually shot six or seven hundred crossbow arrows, which are so dense that it makes people's scalps tingle.
How did they do it? The first reaction in his heart was this.
"Bang bang ......" The sound of countless wooden planks cracking came, and in the midst of the flying sawdust, crossbow arrows weighing more than ten catties easily penetrated the warships of the Dongying people, and several Guan ships sank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Smash them!" Seeing such heavy losses, Ping Qingsheng shouted loudly.
The long-range weapons on the hundreds of Dongying ships were also in unison, and countless bows, arrows, and stone eggs were heading towards Lin Qing's sea falcon fleet.
Lin Qing was not in a hurry to dodge, and was injured by three or four ships, but fortunately, no warships were too seriously injured and were not seriously injured.
"Turn!" Lin Qing roared, and more than a dozen sea falcon ships turned around deftly and fled into the distance.
"Chase!" Let Lin Qing bite hard, Ping Qingsheng naturally won't let him run away, now those big merchant ships have rushed to the formation of the Fire Dragon King, the Fire Dragon King can't help Lin Qing for the time being, he feels that he has enough time to clean him up.
More than a dozen Guan ships and dozens of Xiao Zao chased after Lin Qing at high speed, their speed was faster than Lin Qing's, and they gradually narrowed the distance between the two sides.
At this moment, Lin Qing's sea falcon ship turned again, aiming the other side at the Dongying warship.
"Whoosh......" Suddenly, another burst of crossbow arrows shot at the warship of the Dongying people.
Hei'an Tai's face changed greatly when he heard this voice, and before he could react, several ships in front of him were hit. The temporary increase in defense on the ship could not resist the indestructible crossbow arrows, and once they were glued by the crossbow arrows, they would immediately have two holes. If you happen to stab the transmission of the ship, it can almost be easily destroyed. Four or five ships sank to the bottom of the sea quickly, and the remaining three ships were destroyed by the transmission and could only spin in place, and more than a dozen of them were cut off by crossbow arrows.
"Retreat!" Seeing that most of his pursuit team had been destroyed so easily, Ping An Tai's face changed drastically, and he realized that he had been fooled, and screamed and shouted.
Successfully yin Ping An Tai, Lin Qing smiled, and reflexively chased after Ping An Tai.
Lin Qing played well, and the Fire Dragon King played very well. The dozen or so merchant ships managed to rush into his camp, but they did not cause any confusion to him, and a flurry of crossbow arrows, fireballs, and stone bullets was fired, and a dozen merchant ships immediately stopped moving, either sinking or burning in place.
The first time he shot, the Fire Dragon King felt really cool, especially when he shot thousands of crossbow arrows in one go, the power of which the Fire Dragon King had never seen before. But he was also distressed to death, and this wave of attacks cost nearly two thousand two hundred flowers of silver, and the Fire Dragon King felt that half a box of silver was thrown into the sea, and not even a splash came out.
"Bypass the merchant ships and rush over!" The Fire Dragon King collected his mood and pointed ahead and ordered.
The whole army immediately attacked, and the remaining more than 300 tortoiseshell ships took the lead in attacking, and the scouts cleared the obstacles for the large army behind.
"Father, my brother is defeated!" Seeing the flag coming from in front of her, Chiyoko Hirakiyo said to Hirata Ohno.
Hirata Ohno's face was gloomy like water, he didn't expect Taira Kiyomori to be defeated so quickly, nearly two hundred warships, and five thousand sailors didn't even hold on to two sticks of incense.
"Order, three teams, four teams to go to support." But he had to hold on until the 10,000 reinforcements from Tanegashima and Eirabu arrived on Tanegashima and Eirabu Islands.
The third and fourth fleets behind Ping Qingsheng were ordered to pursue at full speed, and cooperated with Ping Qingsheng to rush towards the Fire Dragon King.
The two sides quickly stuck together, and you came and went, and they fought happily. The people of Dongying have learned smartly, and relying on their skillful boat handling skills, they have repeatedly avoided the side of the Fire Dragon King's warship, which is the place where the Fire Dragon King's warship has the strongest attack power, and they dare not block the Fire Dragon King's edge. They all wandered around the Fire Dragon King's warship treacherously, and they were easily unwilling to rush into the range of the Fire Dragon King's warship, which was purely to delay time.
The Fire Dragon King knew what these Dongying people were thinking, and he was also happy to act, so he didn't attack with all his might, and waited for Liu Jian to come after defeating the Dongying people on the other two islands.
Tanegashima was more than sixty miles away from Yakushima, and it would take two hours for the ship to reach it at full speed. At this time, there was also a fleet of ships rushing towards Yakushima in full force. One house, seven or eight ships, and nearly two hundred small ships, almost five thousand people, are all the strength of this fleet.
Toyotomi Isakiyoshi was the commander-in-chief of this fleet, he was a retainer of the Taira clan, loyal to the Taira clan, and even better at water warfare.
Ever since he received orders from Hirata Ohno, he has attacked with all his troops without reservation, and not a single soldier has been left on Tanegashima. Now that we have walked half the way, the sentinel ship has come to report that the main force has engaged the Han people, and everything is normal.
"It's been a really nice day." Looking at the extremely calm sea, Toyotomi Ichiqing muttered in a low voice.
There is not a hint of wind in the air, which means that no one can take advantage of the weather. However, if the Dongying people lost, they would not be able to escape the pursuit of the Han tortoiseshell ships.
Therefore, this battle will determine the fate of the Ping clan, once the war begins, it must be fought no matter what, and it must be won.
"Daimyo, we are still twenty miles from the battlefield." At this moment, an adjutant general came to report.
"How's the battle going?" Toyotomi Kazukiyoshi asked.
"Very bad." The lieutenant general had a sad face, "The young master's vanguard lost most of it if he didn't hold on to two sticks of incense, and now the head of the family ordered half of his brothers to entangle them, but it may not last long, our warships have been losing, but the Han people have almost no losses." ”
"Where is the fleet on Eirabu Island?" Hearing that the Han people were so brave, Toyotomi cleared his brows and furrowed deeply.
"It's about the same as us, we've already walked half the way."
"That's good, give the order to go down and go full speed." Toyotomi breathed a sigh of relief and ordered loudly.
But as soon as he finished speaking, his eyes widened in horror, and he saw the sea in the distance, two fleets from the left front and the right front rushing towards his fleet, looking at the flag, it was the fleet of the Han people.
The horn of the enemy attack immediately sounded in Toyotomi Ichikiyo's fleet, and all the people on the warship were stunned, they would never have thought of how they could meet the enemy here.
"The fleet of the Han Chinese?" Toyotomi Yiqing's eyes widened in surprise, "How can there be a fleet of Han people here?" He looked at the lieutenants around him in astonishment. It's a pity that no one can answer him, and the lieutenants are even more surprised than him.
It must have been an ambush, and the huge battleship at the head of the Han fleet made him stunned. The battleship was exactly the same as the Han people's building ship, but the first time he saw such a large one, it was five stories and three stories high, and from a distance, it looked like their imperial city. In front of it, the flagship of his own house is like the difference between a pea and an egg. He didn't have the slightest fighting spirit in his heart, and he just wanted to leave here quickly to join the large army and tell the news to the head of the family, Hirata Ohno.
"Daimyo, there's a fleet coming behind you?" At this moment, a flag was waved on the finch room, and an adjutant general exclaimed.
Toyotomi suddenly turned his head to look, and sure enough, a fleet rushed behind him, blocking all their retreats.
"Get out!" Looking at the number of the Han fleet, Toyotomi estimated the number of enemies in his heart, and there were also five thousand people, looking at this posture, it seemed that he was going to surround and annihilate them, and he ordered loudly.
The entire Dongying fleet immediately accelerated and rushed towards the junction of the two Han fleets in front.
"You're not stupid." It was Liu Jian who commanded this ambush, and he smiled coldly at the reaction of the Dongying fleet. "The direction remains the same, crash over!"
After a lifetime in the sailor, he could see at a glance the huge shortcomings of the Dongying warship, the production was too rough, and the hull of the Nuoda didn't even have a keel, he was really worried that the Dongying warship would fall apart by itself while running. Naturally, he had full confidence in colliding with such a ship.
There was a loud bang ...... "boom", and the two fleets collided fiercely. All of a sudden, the planks flew one after another, countless warships were smashed and sunk, and the weapons and soldiers on the warships were thrown out fiercely. But if you look closely, you will find that it is the warships of the Dongying people who are at a loss. Three or four ships were knocked open by the iron plough in the bow of Liu Jian's Haigu warship, and the sea water poured into it, and they all sank. There were also dozens of Xiaozao ships that were directly torn in half, and the sea was full of sailors from the Dongying people, who struggled in the sea, and could only see the floating and sinking heads. Only two of the Sea Falcons were seriously injured and slowly withdrew from the warband.