Chapter 37: Naval Battles

"I said you two have lived together for so many days, and you won't tell me. I'm afraid I'm going to ask you to drink wine. Qu Shun came to the outside of the Land Temple and said to Yao Ping and Li Jun with a smile.

Li Jun's face turned crimson and avoided Qu Shun's gaze, and he hid aside a little shyly. Yao Ping looked at Li Jun who walked away, and said to Qu Shun, "Shunzi, why are you so ashamed to speak." I'm just sheltering from the wind and rain in the temple. ”

"Oh, forget about the matchmaker so quickly."

"Come on, you." Yao Ping turned to Li Jun and said, "Miss Li, don't take Shunzi's words at ease, he is a person you know, but he owes a lot of money." Then, today I will continue to go to the east mountain with Junko to look for food. ”

Li Jun turned around and didn't speak, she nodded silently.

After Yao Ping followed Qu Shun a few steps, Li Jun suddenly spoke and said softly, "Yao Ping, you... Come back early. ”

Yao Ping smiled and nodded vigorously at her.

"Don't worry, brother and sister, my brother will catch a pheasant for you and come back to eat." Qu Shun interjected with a smile.

Yao Ping pushed Qu Shun, and the two smiled and walked side by side towards the beach.

Yao Ping and Qu Shun rowed far away and came to the bottom of a high mountain near the sea, and the two of them climbed the mountain hand in hand, digging wild vegetables and mushrooms all the way, and unknowingly came to the top of the mountain.

There was a wind whistling on the top of the mountain, Yao Ping faced the wind, looking at the small mountain col where he and Li Jun lived, he vaguely saw the small temple in the mountain, and also seemed to see Li Jun in white clothes working on the shore there, he looked there, and laughed stupidly.

"Bottle, bottle, giggle what?" Qu Shun's tone suddenly changed as he spoke, and he said loudly, "You hurry, look there!" ”

Qu Shun's words interrupted Yao Ping's happy reverie, and he turned to look in the direction of Qu Shun's finger, only to see several sailboats emerging from the sea in the distance.

"What kind of ship is that?" Yao Ping asked, "Whose fishing boat?" ”

"What a fishing boat, that's, that's a war boat! Whose fishing boat can afford that kind of big sail, how can you get out and be stupid in the past few years. Qu Shun looked over there in surprise and said loudly, "Look, it's the Navy Banner." That's the ship of my Ilo Navy! ”

"I don't go out, and I haven't seen a boat with a water army." Yao Ping looked into the distance and muttered. At the same time, he saw the Ilo warships with half-sails on their sides constantly emerging from the sea in the distance, and he couldn't help but sigh in surprise when he saw more and more warships, "My God, there are so many ships!" What are we going to do here? ”

"Look, look at the ones in the back, it's the building ship!" Qu Shun also exclaimed, "With so many ships gathered together, it seems that we Yiluo are going to fight." ”

"Junko, Junko, look at the south." After Yao Ping turned his head to look at the sea to the south, he was shocked and slapped Qu Shun, who had been looking at the Yiluo Navy in the northeast, and said to him, "Look, you see how the south is also coming." ”

Qu Shun turned to look at the southern sea, and after carefully distinguishing it, he exclaimed, "God, that, that's the warship of the Yingzhou people." You see, you look at those strange flags. ”

"Sakurashu?" Yao Ping looked at the south in surprise and said, "Haven't they been invading the area of the Phantom Sun?" ”

"These grandsons..."Qu Shun watched the Yingzhou fleet coming in the wind, and couldn't help cursing viciously, "It seems that these grandsons in Yingzhou are looking for death, damn." God bless, God bless, bless my Yiluo Navy will win, and teach these grandsons in Sakura a good lesson. ”

The two watched as the warships of both sides continued to emerge and approach from the far side of the sea. Yao Ping sighed, "I said, these ships of our Yiluo Navy must have, there must be hundreds." ”

Yao Ping counted a few times, but it was difficult to count the specific number of ships each time, so he said a vague number.

"I think there must be a thousand ships for Sakura's grandson." Qu Shun looked at the sea to the south and said, "But although they have many ships, most of their ships are very small. I think their boat should be docked on our side of Yiluo, that is, it should be a fishing boat, at most, it can be regarded as a ship. I don't think there are many people standing on a boat. It's far worse than the big guys in our Yiluo. ”

"Their ship is small." Yao Ping said, "I think even if it is a small boat, their small boat is not as good as our Yiluo's boat. ”

"That's right, you see these ships of our Iro, they are all covered with hard leather canopies. Fireproof and anti-arrow, with layers of protection. The Sakuraku-man's ship doesn't even have a decent roof, and I see, our crossbow arrows alone will have to shoot them into hedgehogs one by one. ”

Seeing that the navies of the two countries were gradually approaching on the sea, several large warships of Ilo slowly adjusted their hulls under the command of the flag, and many other warships also adjusted their formations one after another, preparing for the final battle.

"Bottle, the two of us have been able to see this battle in our lifetimes, what a blessing for three lives!" Qu Shun excitedly watched as the two armies approached, and a big battle was about to break out.

"Seeing that our Yiluo won the battle and beat the enemy, then it can be regarded as a blessing for three lives." Yao Ping smiled and said, "Otherwise, it's not a blessing." ”

"I'm telling you, this battle must be won by our Iro. It's not bragging, I can see at this glance that the grandchildren of Sakura are absolutely finished this time. Qu Shun said.

In the distance, on the sea where the Yiluo Navy was located, there was a rapid and shocking war drum, and after Yao Ping heard it, he excitedly said to Qu Shun, "I believe you this time, you definitely didn't brag." You see, our navy attacked first, but it was really majestic. ”

"Hey, let's see how Sakurashu ends up this time." Qu Shun said proudly, "These grandsons." ”

Yao Ping saw that the thousands of warships of different sizes of the two armies were speeding off, and the ships of the Yiluo Navy took advantage of the easy control of the ships, and took advantage of the easy control of the ships, and took the lead in detouring to the side of the open sea and began to outflank the fleet in Yingzhou.

"What kind of ship is that?!" Yao Ping asked Qu Shun in surprise, he saw that from the Yiluo Naval Formation, more than ten box warships with no sails and oars and all decks were closed quickly rushed out.

"My God, that must be what people say, the latest warship developed by my Yiluo Naval Army." Qu Shun stood on tiptoe and looked at it and said, "They say it's called, it's called a car and a boat." ”

"Cars and boats?"

Qu Shun watched the chariot and ship rush out of the main formation of the fleet, leaving a churning water mark on the sea and rushing straight towards the Yingzhou fleet, "Bottle, you may not have heard of it, I heard that this chariot and ship do not use sails or oars, but are sailed by people." There were many sailors who stepped on the wheel of water in the ship, and the ship moved by that wheel. ”

"Oh no, no wonder this sailless chariot seems so fast. Our Ilo fleet is on the cusp of headwinds. Yao Ping said with some concern, "You see we are all half-sails or sidesails, and the boats in Yingzhou are full of sails." ”

While the two were talking, Ilo's chariot and ship had taken the lead in engaging the enemy. The Sakurashu warships suddenly looked a little overwhelmed by the rapid onslaught of the vehicles and ships, and they hurriedly avoided the impact of the vehicles and ships, while letting the soldiers on board return fire with bows and arrows. In the face of the bows and arrows constantly fired by the Sakura Navy Army, the advantages of the fully enclosed shell of the Ilo chariot and ship were undoubtedly revealed. In the face of the attack of the bow and arrow of Sakurashu, the Ilo sailors in the car and ship were not affected by the attack of the bow and arrow in the slightest, and they controlled the car and ship with peace of mind, and continued to rampage in the Sakura Zhou fleet.

Affected by the impact of vehicles and ships, the formation of Sakurashu's originally neat fleet gradually began to become chaotic and loose.

"Look at these Yingzhou people, they're not too stupid, at least they know how to hook the car and boat with their hooks and claws and climb up to the top of the car and boat." Yao Ping saw several Yingzhou soldiers crawling towards a heavily encircled vehicle.

"The car and ship have a winch, my God." Qu Shun said, "The death of these grandsons in Yingzhou is really tragic. ”

"The ones that come up in the back are fighting ships, Junko, I remember when you were a kid you said you saw a few on the beach."

"Yes, that's the fighting ship, it's the most common warship of our navy. Look, the fighting ship is still shooting behind the boat. Qu Shun said proudly, "I've seen all of these, when I was a child, my father took me to the Great Military Port of Xianyun City." ”

Yao Ping saw that the Yiluo Dou Ship took the lead in following the path of the car and ship and went straight into the gaps in the Yingzhou fleet. The giant heavy crossbow placed on the fighting ship immediately fired heavy crossbow bolts with steel heads and iron tails at the ships in Sakurashu. Heavy crossbow arrows roared out, and they were like black lightning, and with a single blow, many Sakura warships were knocked out of the big hole. Even, under the blow of those crossbow arrows with iron ropes tied to their doubles, some small boats in Sakura Prefecture were instantly torn in half by the iron chains. With the heavy crossbow shooting, some of the Sakura ships instantly became floating pieces of wood, and the sailors fell into the sea one after another.

After being attacked by the fighting ships, the warships of Sakurashu did not flinch, and they took advantage of the favorable wind to quickly infiltrate Iro's ship formation.

"In this case, they can only hope to stick to the ship, and then climb onto our warship. Then maybe they can struggle. Yao Ping looked at the rapidly changing battle situation and said, "However, in front of our Yiluo battleship, their ships and people are really like ants. ”

"Sticking to the ship? Climbing a boat? No, bottles. Qu Shun smiled and said, "Look at the big boats in Yiluo." They are specially designed to prevent the enemy from boarding ships to engage in battle. ”

Yao Ping continued to watch the battle situation, and he found that, as Qu Shun said, Yiluo reacted quickly to the Yingzhou ships that were constantly advancing into the formation and trying to engage them. Their flags waved, and one by one the clap boats carrying boulders began to move closer to the enemy's dense area.

In advance, the boulder placed in the ship is lifted with a lever, and then waits for the Sakurashu warship to approach.

The Sakura boats quickly approached the boat as they did with the fighting ship, but before their sailors could start shooting their grappling hooks at the tall boat to climb, the sailors on the Iroshu boat quickly manipulated the clapper pole and moved the boulder from the deck and hung it above the Sakura warship.

In the frightened shouts of the Sakura sailors, the slap rod was quickly released, and the boulders fell as quickly as if they were overpowering Mount Tai, and they smashed straight into the heads of the Sakura ships without mercy. In the face of such a powerful smash, the light and thin Yingzhou warship was powerless to parry, like tired eggs, and they turned into shattered wooden strips one after another. Even the slightly larger Sakura ships were hard pressed by the boulders, and many of the Sakura ships were shattered by the blows of the Iro.

"The ship has completed the outflanking of the Sakura fleet, look at those rockets!" Qu Shun said excitedly, "They went around to the rear of the Yingzhou fleet and began to set fire to the wind. ”

"The war drums of the building ship are really loud, and this sound alone is too powerful." Yao Ping pointed to the tall building boat and said, "Look at those Yingzhou warships, although there are a large number of sailors on them, they haven't even touched the side of the building boat, and they have been almost shot by the crossbowmen on the building boat." ”

"Hey, even if they get close to the boat, they won't be able to climb up. Don't you know, I heard that there are wolf fangs and fire oil on this ship. Qu Shun said proudly, "But I see, at their level, there is no need for fire oil." ”

"This Sakura people are not afraid of death." Yao Ping said, "But the gap is too big. Look at the fighting ships that went deep into the enemy's formation, although they were received by some Sakura warships, but the equipment and training of the sailors were not at the same level at all, they had no chance at all, but were taken away by our sailors. ”

Qu Shun saw that the battle situation was completely tilted towards Yiluo, and couldn't help but say proudly, "It's really good, God bless me Yiluo, our navy is really strong." Now it seems that the group of grandsons in Yingzhou have a good wind, but they just let them die a little faster. ”

"Those Yingzhou soldiers who fell into the water are really desperate, even if they fall into the water, they are still struggling to climb up our naval warship." Yao Ping said.

"It's not all called our Yiluo archers who have sunk the bottom, these grandsons have to go to the sea to feed the fish."

"In my opinion, this battle is really decided, and all that remains is to slaughter them." Yao Ping said.

"Bottle, look at that fighting ship, how majestic it is, just the one over there, it has sunk three Yingzhou ships in a moment. It's amazing. ”

"There are a lot of ships from Yingzhou, but when it comes to our Yiluo Naval Army, it's like a group of rats meeting a tiger."

"Huh?" Qu Shun, who was originally watching the battle situation, turned to say, "Look at the bottle, it seems that someone has fallen into the water over there, and the soldiers swimming towards us are coming." ”

"It's true, but it's hard to tell if it's our sailors in Yiluo or the sailors in Sakura." Yao Ping looked at the sea on the side that Qu Shun pointed to and said.

"The one who fell into the water must have been from Yingzhou, so I didn't see how many of our boats they had sunk." Qu Shun said.

"I guess some of them will be able to swim around here."

"If they really swim over, we'll stone them on this mountain." Qu Shun looked at the soldiers who fell into the water and said, "Yingzhou won't be able to hold on for long, at most it will be dark, and they will have to be wiped out." ”

"Oh my God, the rock-throwing boat is starting to throw stones at the Sakurashu ship that is messing around over there." Yao Ping looked at the situation on the battlefield and continued, "I don't think Yingzhou can even support it when it's dark. ”

"Good! Hit, hit. Qu Shun said excitedly, "The stone-throwing boat smashed a big hole in the Yingzhou big ship building with a lot of flags. It should be the flagship of Sakurashu. ”

"Junko." Yao Ping pulled Qu Shun, who was dancing excitedly, and said, "We can't continue to watch, we have to go down the mountain and go back quickly, I see that the boat from Yingzhou has also fled to our side." ”

"It's okay, none of them can escape, they all have to let our water army kill them all."

"No, we have to go." Yao Ping said, "It's too dangerous, even if our navy chases us, we will suffer." ”

Under Yao Ping's strong persuasion, Qu Shun reluctantly followed him down the mountain. The two of them found the small sampan and rowed back to the mountain bag where the small land temple was located.

As soon as the sampan landed, Qu Shun found Li Jun who had just returned from the mountain stream, and said to her, "Brother and sister Li Jun, haven't you seen it, our Yiluo and Yingzhou are now fighting on the eastern sea." ”

"Our Yiluo, have you fought with Sakura?" The burden on Li Jun's shoulders shook slightly.

"Yes, but don't be afraid. We're amazing. Qu Shun said, "The one who hit Yingzhou is called a fart and pee." ”

"What about you." Li Jun hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you okay then?" ”

"What can we do when we watch the play?" Qu Shun said with a big grin.

"It's fine." Yao Ping replied to Li Jun, "I was worried that some deserters would flee to that vicinity, so I hurried back with Shunzi." ”

Li Jun hummed softly, "It's okay." ”

"Miss Li, I think we need to pack our things." Yao Ping said.

"Bottle, look you're scared, how can they run so far." Qu Shun said.

"It's not because I'm afraid they'll come. It's the sea right now. If it continues to rise like this, I am afraid that it will not be long before the waves will force us to have no place to live. ”

Qu Shun looked at the shore, the sea water had indeed become higher than before, and the tree that could have been used to tie the rope of the small sampan was now almost completely submerged in the sea, and only the branches were exposed above the sea.

"Don't be afraid, bottle, the national teachers of our Son of Heaven faction have now arrived in the county seat. It is estimated that in the past two days, he will start to do it, and this sea water will subside immediately. Qu Shun said instead.

"Really?"

"Why am I lying to you, I won't come here tomorrow, I'm going to Qingfu City to see the national teacher's practice. When the national teacher finishes the Fa, I'll come back to you. I think it's time for the water to start receding. ”

"Well, hopefully." Yao Ping lowered his head and said.