Chapter 472: Confrontation at Sea (2)

Looking at this tragic scene like a hell, Cao Bin was terrified.

The officers and staff around him were frightened, and the rough-looking commander made Zhou De shout: "Woohoo, this, can these bandits use spells?" Could it be that there are immortal masters among them? Otherwise, on this sunny day, how could a thunderstorm fall and split all the warships of the Tang Kingdom? ”

"Yes, yes, but it doesn't have to be an immortal master's method, the immortal family's methods can't be so bloody and cruel. If you can't figure it out, there are demons among these bandits, which caused huge casualties among the soldiers of the Tang Kingdom. ”

"General, it's too dangerous here. We, let's stay away for the time being, and stay away from the Tang fleet. ”

These officers and staff advised Cao Bin to stay away from the battlefield, for fear that the ships of the Seven Seas Company would attack the Great Song fleet that was lagging behind.

Cao Bin's head was a few times louder by these guys, and he really didn't know how to deal with this battlefield situation, because he was originally indecisive.

At this time, after the eight warships of the Seven Seas Company completed a wave of attacks, they immediately turned without hesitation before a large number of warships from the Southern Tang rushed up, leaving the battlefield and driving at high speed in the distance.

Their ships were very fast, and after forming a formation a few miles away, under the leadership of the first ship, they attacked the Nantang fleet diagonally, but this time they faced the Nantang fleet with the left chord.

Eight warships rowed lightly across the sea, and entered the attack route. After approaching the fleet of the Southern Tang Dynasty, in a short period of time, the crossbow arrows of the bed crossbow and the bomb ~ bomb were fired one after another.

After a roar, several more Southern Tang warships lost their combat effectiveness and drifted with the waves on the sea.

Then the ships of the Seven Seas Company began to break away again, ready to start the next wave of attacks.

In just half an hour, Nantang lost almost a dozen warships. Zhang Renjian was very annoyed, these Seven Seas Company's warships were too ruthless! As soon as they met, they easily scrapped so many of their own warships.

Before the war, the Southern Tang Dynasty had already sent people to pass the Qi Company, and the two sides had a tacit understanding, and everyone tacitly did not really fight, just to show the Great Song Dynasty. But what's going on, these bandits don't talk about any affection, and they will kill them when they come up.

Zhang Renjian turned around and asked with a grim face: "Mr. Cui, you are too disobedient to your promises, and your warships will attack desperately when they come, causing huge losses to our side, what is going on?" Shouldn't you give us an explanation for Tang Guo? ”

A young man dressed in a scholar's costume smiled and said, "General, we are also forced to do so." When we came, Mr. Zhao said, we will definitely be ruthless at the beginning and cause you a little loss. This will cause panic among your soldiers, and will hasten your collapse. Isn't that the best of both worlds?

Even if you found an excuse for the rout, and Cao Bin, who was supervising the battle in the back, couldn't say anything. After all, you definitely don't want to offend Da Song. ”

Zhang Renjian felt a little bitter in his mouth, and he said stupidly: "It turns out that Mr. Zhao has already made arrangements, and it must be a good plan, so I won't have much to do." Hey, you'd better inform your ships and try to be as light as possible. ”

Mr. Cui, who is very handsome, arched his hand: "General, our Mr. Du said, 'I can't bear the child, I can't trap the wolf; I can't bear the beauty, and I can't catch the hooligan. If you want to deceive the overseer of the Great Song Dynasty, you should pay a certain price. Does the General know? ”

Zhang Renjian nodded helplessly: "Hey, this official knows." Go and fight us as planned. But when will your follow-up ships arrive? ”

"Soon, soon, please be patient, the follow-up warships will be coming soon." Mr. Cui said with a smile.

"You better send someone to urge, if this continues, your eight warships will keep attacking our warships, and our losses will be too great, and I won't be able to explain to the lord of the country when I go back."

"Okay, okay, please calm down the general, I'll send someone to urge me immediately."

This young man is Cui Daoshu's cousin Cui Daotong, who has been in the Ministry of Commerce for almost two years, is very shrewd and capable, and is Cui Daoshu's right-hand man. He often traveled back and forth between Qishan Island and Jinling City, and had a close relationship with some officials and wealthy businessmen in the Southern Tang Dynasty, so as a liaison, he was sent to Zhang Renjian's side by Cui Daoshu.

At this time, the sailors who were looking out from the mast shouted: "General, there is another fleet from the southeast, there are almost a dozen warships, they are very similar to these eight warships, and they should be the follow-up men of the Seven Seas Company." ”

Zhang Renjian stood on the top of the building ship and looked into the distance, and found that a white sail appeared on the sea in the southeast, like a flock of brisk seabirds, drifting towards the battlefield at high speed.

Soon, these warships approached the Southern Tang fleet, and with the sound of a horn, the fleet split into two parts and began to outflank the huge fleet of the Southern Tang.

Now there are a total of twenty-five warships of the Seven Seas Company that have come to the battlefield, divided into three independent fleets, of which the sub-fleet of nine warships is interspersed with the north of the Southern Tang fleet at high speed, and soon inserts into the gap between the tail of the Southern Tang fleet and the front of the Great Song fleet, separating the fleets of the Southern Tang and Great Song Dynasty.

The other two detachments, each with eight warships, began to attack the Southern Tang fleet repeatedly, constantly throwing bombs~ bombs and crossbow arrows at the Southern Tang fleet.

The detachment of the Seven Seas Company, which was inserted between the fleets of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty, did not attack the warships of the Great Song Dynasty, but pursued the butts of the warships of the Southern Tang Dynasty and repaired them fiercely.

The roar on the sea continued to be heard, and the warships of the Seven Seas Company surrounded the huge Nantang fleet, interspersed with high-speed interspersed with each other, and soon disabled more than a dozen Nantang warships.

Zhang Renjian sighed: "Hey, I really can't beat others!" Give the order to go down and break through to each other. ”

The crisp sound of gongs echoed on the sea, and the large and small ships of the Nantang fleet began to scatter and flee, and many ships collided together in the panic, and the scene was very chaotic.

The ships of the Seven Seas Company never went to the west to intercept the ships of the Southern Tang Dynasty, leaving a way for the scattered ships of the Southern Tang Dynasty to escape.

The ships began to turn and flee westward.

"Wai Sanque Yi, it seems that among this group of bandits, there are also talents who are proficient in the art of war." Cao Bin couldn't help but sigh.

"General, what now?" One of the staff's voices trembled.

"Yes, hundreds of warships in the Southern Tang Dynasty can't beat others, we only have more than forty ships, and rushing up is no different from sending them to death." Zheng Fa shouted.

"General, come up with an idea, or we won't be able to escape." This is Zhou De pleading.

Cao Bin gritted his teeth, "Pass the order and go to the northeast immediately." ”

Cao Bin secretly calculated in his heart that he couldn't get entangled with the rout fleet of the Southern Tang, their goal was too big, so he chose to flee to the northeast, wanting to stay away from the Southern Tang fleet that was fleeing to the west, so that the ships of the Seven Seas Company would definitely pursue the huge Southern Tang fleet. Even if Seven Seas Company divided some warships to pursue its own fleet, the number would not be very large, so that its fleet would have more chances to escape.

The warships of the Great Song began to turn one after another, and fled clumsily in the northeast direction.

Several warships of the Seven Seas Company discovered the movement of the Great Song fleet, and soon passed the news to Zhao Zizhong on the flagship.

Zhao Zizhong used the telescope to observe for a while, and then handed it to An Dalang.

"Hmph, it's not that easy to run," Zhao Zizhong sneered repeatedly, "Da Lang, pass the order, all the warships will leave the battlefield, don't worry about the fleet of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and immediately start chasing Cao Bin's fleet." ”

As the order was handed down, the flag soldiers desperately waved the flag to the other warships, and soon the ships of the Seven Seas Company began to turn, giving up the fleet pursuing Nantang and pursuing to the northeast.

Cao Bin's ship was the tallest building ship in the Great Song fleet, and he stood on the top platform of the building ship, watching the Seven Seas Company's warships chase towards the Great Song fleet like a school of sharks that have found their prey, and his heart is full of fear.

These damn bandits! So why not go after the fleet of the Southern Dons, but pursue our small fleet? That's not right! Cao Bin is not a stupid person, he immediately came to his senses.

Zhang Renjian's performance shows that there must be a problem here. Nantang and this group of bandits have definitely colluded together for a long time!

At the very beginning, the Southern Tang Dynasty has been procrastinating, either because of the lack of food and grass, or because the armor is not complete. When they were about to set out at last, they said that there was a plague in the camp.

The Southern Tang Dynasty must have been delaying the dispatch of troops, giving this group of bandits enough time to defeat Chen Hongjin and Qian Hongxin's army.

In today's naval battle, the losses of the Southern Tang side were not very large at all, only more than 20 warships were destroyed, and they still had almost 300 warships left, so there was a big rout. It's all a show!

Cao Bin gritted his teeth in his heart and cursed Li Yu, Zhang Renjian Junchen, his face looked iron-blue.

"General, the pirates' warships are chasing and catching up, I, what should we do?" Zheng Fa asked stumblingly.

Cao Bin's eyes swept over several officers and staff members around him, and found that they were all terrified.

Cao Bin slowly pulled out the saber on his waist and said firmly: "Everyone, Cao is deeply respected by His Majesty the Emperor, and he has commanded troops to come here to exterminate the bandits. But the emperor does not bless, and it is difficult for us to escape today. Cao will never surrender to this group of pirates, and will definitely fight to the death with the pirates! Will you help me? ”

Several of the staff members turned pale, and their bodies trembled involuntarily.

Several officers looked at each other, and none of them were willing to speak.

Cao Bin raised his sword and shouted: "None of you want to surrender, and don't want to escape, otherwise someone will kill him!" ”