Chapter 486: Your Highness, You're Not Reliable
Determined to annihilate the enemy's fleet, Liu Renliang had already sent a third-class, two fourth-class, and three fifth-class battleships to cut off the enemy's retreat.
More than 30 sail battleships surrounded the remaining 100 or so warships of the Baekje people in the sea within a radius of only a few miles.
While the battle was raging on the sea, a detachment of Baekje people avoided the Tang fleet and came to the southwest coast of Jeju Island, laid down a large number of sampans, and about 1,000 or so Baekje officers and soldiers rowed towards the island.
After the Baekje people arrived on the island, they formed a group on the beach, and the white hats with round peaks reflected the harsh white light in the sun.
Military horse farm barracks.
When the star lord Fu Dashi and the prince Fu Dayu heard that there were more than two hundred warships of the Baekje people, and their faces were as white as earth, they hurried to the military camp of the Tang army to meet Li You, the king of Qi. When they arrived, they found that Li You, Cheng Yanjin, Zhang Guigui and others were drinking tea and chatting, and they had no intention of worrying about the large-scale naval battle that was taking place at sea.
Seeing Fu Dashi and Fu Dayu's nervous appearance, Li You smiled and said: "Star Lord, Prince, you have come just in time, my cook studied the ingredients on your island at noon today, and specially made black pork and abalone porridge, let's have a few drinks together." ”
The calmness of Li You and the others infected Fu Dashi and Fu Dayu, and they also began to relax.
Li You said: "Star Lord, Prince, take advantage of my recent here, send the chefs from your mansion and let my cooks teach them some culinary skills. There are a lot of good ingredients on your island, but the skills of the chefs are really not complimentary, but it's a pity that those ingredients are ruined. ”
Fu Dashi and Fu Dayu brothers have indeed feasted on Li You in the past few days, only to know that the same ingredients can make such a delicious taste, and they are also a little curious about this His Royal Highness King Qi who eats with his mouth closed and his mouth closed.
Cheng Yanjin, Zhang Guigui and others added another curiosity about Li You - he was able to talk to Fu Dashi and Fu Dayu brothers without interpreting.
Actually, Li You did not speak Diero, but Silla. At this time, there were mainly Chinese, Buyeo and Silla languages on the Korean Peninsula, and Silla was the predecessor of the current Korean language. The ancestors of the brothers Fu Dashi and Fu Dayu were Silla people, so they spoke the Silla language. In this way, Li You can communicate with them freely.
After chatting for a while, Prince Fu Dayu couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, how is the situation at sea, can you win against the people of Baekje?" They have hundreds of warships. ”
Li You smiled: "A Persian friend of mine, Hamid, said that a thousand ants can't fight an anteater, and those Baekje people are just a swarm of ants. ”
Zhang Guigui asked, "Brother You, what does an anteater look like?" Is there really a beast that specializes in eating ants? "He hadn't seen it before, and he was a little curious.
Li You told him something about the anteaters. Zhang Guigui said: "Brother You, I don't believe what you said, an anteater is so big, can you eat enough just by eating ants?" ”
Li You asked, "What is this?" There is a big fish called whale sharks in the sea, their length can grow to 6 zhang long, weighing tens of thousands of catties, and what they eat is an animal called plankton, which is the size of the rice grains we eat. ”
Hearing this, Cheng Yanjin didn't believe it either, he said: "Your Highness, this is impossible, such a big fish, just eat what plankton you said, can grow so big?" This minister will not believe it. ”
Li You said: "Whale sharks swim slowly because they are too big. He can also eat fish, but he can't catch up with them. So, he can only eat this little thing. These large fish have many very small tentacles in their mouths, and as they swim in the sea, they open their mouths to suck the seawater into their mouths, and then the tentacles filter out the tiny animals. Don't look at these animals as small, but you can't stop them. Whale sharks just swim and eat at the same time, swim while eating, and grow so big. ”
Cheng Yanjin and the others felt that what he said made a little sense, but everyone didn't believe it, so they debated with him.
Fu Dashi and Fu Dayu brothers saw that these people were discussing trivial matters so lively, but they didn't say a word about the big war going on outside, and felt that these people's hearts were too big.
At this time, a flag officer came in and said, "Your Highness, Suguo Gong, there is a group of Baekje people of about 1,000 people who have landed at the Golden Beach and are heading towards here. ”
Fu Dashi and Fu Dayu brothers suddenly became nervous again, and Cheng Yanjin said: "Oh, I know. Then he said, 'Your Highness, you say that other ministers must believe it, but what kind of whale shark you are talking about must be a big fish in the sea. Having lived at sea for more than a year, he knew that sharks in the sea were very powerful, and they were fierce beasts that ate other fish. The big fish you are talking about, called whale sharks, can grow so big, I wonder they will eat other sharks. ”
Zhang Guigui said: "That's it, Brother You, I think you are a little unreliable today, the whale shark you said is so big, the dorsal fin on his back must be bigger, and the tail is also wide, that must swim faster than other fish, so it must eat those big fish." ”
Li You smiled and said: "You guys, it's the old hat, you wait and see, one day I catch a whale shark for you, you will know." ”
Baihu couldn't see others belittle the prince, he said: "Su Guogong, Zhang Gongzi, you are wrong. Which time is not right about what my prince said? ”
Zhang Guigui smiled: "White Tiger, you are a sycophant. ”
Cheng Yanjin said: "This sentence is precious. ”
Li You and the others were very relaxed, because there was also a general named Xue Rengui on the island.
Xue Rengui had long been prepared for the Baekje landing, and he placed his four corps in easy landing places on all four sides of the island, and sent a large number of scouts near the beachhead. There are also 2,000 Marines in the military horse farm, and several hundred special operators around the headquarters. With such a tight defense, how could Li You and the others be worried?
Before the Baekje people came to the island, they had already been discovered by the scouts of the Tang Army. Guarding here was the Second Army, which was composed of Qingzhou soldiers commanded by Shen Ming. They are all selected elites, and before this expedition, they were uniformly issued with new equipment, each with a new armor, a Tang knife, and a bow and crossbow are also the best in the Tang army, and a 200-person Mo knife formation was formed. Their food has improved a lot compared to before, and they have been doing less on the ship these days, and they have gained a little weight by eating, and they are holding back their strength to fight a battle to lose weight.
After Shen Ming received the report, he learned that there were only about 1,000 people in Baekje, so he immediately summoned several major officers and said, "Let's follow His Royal Highness King Qi out this time, and we must show our hands and win glory for our Qingzhou people." I mean, since these Baekje people dare to come up, let's fight a good fight and eat them all. The officers agreed with him.
Shen Ming ordered that only one battalion of 500 men should be left on the front to meet the enemy, and the remaining four battalions would be ambushed on both flanks. When the Baekje people and the Tang army were glued together, they surrounded them from the other three sides, and did not let go of a single Baekje person.
The commander of the Baekje people, who was also a Li De, led the team straight in the direction of the military horse farm. Soon, the scouts in front of their team found that there were Tang troops blocking the way in front, about 500 people.
Li De decided to attack head-on and crush the Tang army with the superiority of forces.
Soon the two armies were facing each other on the hillside.
Li De first ordered the archers to attack, and two hundred crossbowmen shot arrows at the Tang army. In front of the Don army were lined up shield bearers, covering the Don army behind. The Baekje people fired three rounds of arrows in a row, but the Tang army did not return fire with bows and arrows.
Li De judged that the number of bows and crossbows brought by the Tang army was insufficient, so he commanded the troops to rush forward boldly.
In fact, the number and quality of the Tang army's bows and crossbows were not comparable to those of the hundred-level people, and the reason why they did not use bows and crossbows to fight back was because they were worried that the Baekje people would turn around and flee if they suffered heavy casualties. They just waited for the Baekje people to rush up and fight with them, creating an opportunity for the other battalions to surround the Baekje people.
The people of Baekje rushed forward bravely. Just as they were about to engage the Tang Army, the shield hands in front of the Tang Army suddenly dodged to both sides, revealing the two hundred Mo Daomen behind them.
Not knowing the power of this strange sword formation, the Baekje people rushed forward with the strength of the crowd. When the Baekje people rushed to him, Shen Ming held the Tang sword high and shouted: "Mo Dao array attack."
The Baekje people saw the Tang army in front of them raise a forest of swords, glittering in the sun. Then, the sword forest pressed down like a wall. Under this wall, the Baekje people's tactical moves, armor and weapons were all ornaments, and they were killed and injured in an instant. The Baekje people in the back didn't know what was happening in front of them, but they still bravely charged forward. In this way, the ranks of the Baekje people became more dense.
According to the tactical movements of the training, the Mo swordsmen did not look at where the enemy in front of them was, but just slashed forward one after another. Mo Dao crushed through the ranks of the Baekje people like a tank.
In less than a minute, the Baekje people had already killed and injured hundreds of people. These Baekje people, who are poorly trained and have no combat experience, have never seen this formation. Immediately frightened, he was so frightened that he scattered and fled.
At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the other four battalions of Tang officers and soldiers had already surrounded them. Seeing that the situation was not good, Li De was the first to throw down the weapon in his hand and kneel on the ground to beg for mercy. The other Baekje officers and soldiers, who were no slower than him, all threw down their weapons and knelt on the ground.
At this time, the battle at sea was also coming to an end.
Yan Changhan saw the chaotic Baekje warships, and saw the tall Tang warships on all sides, and knew that they were not opponents. He originally planned to break through, but when he saw his warship, even the speed was not as fast as the Tang Army, and the result of forcibly breaking through could only be to die at the bottom of the sea.
Yan Changhan moved the idea of surrendering, but he didn't know how to signal surrender to the Tang army.
In modern military warfare, there is a conventional rule that if either side wants to surrender, it can raise the white flag, but there is no such unified statement in this era. The Baekje and Tang Dynasty people had not fought before and did not know how to express such behavior.
Yoo In-rail also planned to get Baekje to surrender, but he didn't know how to inform them, when he saw that a burning Baekje warship was sinking, so he ordered several Baekje officers and soldiers who had fallen into the water to be fished up from the sea and asked them to send a signal to Yem Changhan in flag language ordering them to surrender. 8)