The officers on the Goryeo ships did not panic when they saw the Song ships rushing towards the wind, and immediately ordered the archers to take their positions, and someone immediately lit a brazier and placed it at the archers' feet.

In this era, all wooden ships were shipped, and water warfare naturally took fire first. Although the Song boat grabbed the upper hand, the wind was not strong today. Goryeo is a regular naval army, and there are many archers, so they are naturally confident that they can burn the Song boat into torches with a rocket.

Seeing that the Song ships rushed over in a column, the commander of the Goryeo fleet immediately ordered the flag to be hoisted, and the small boats lined up in a horizontal line to stop in front of the Song fleet. As long as the Song fleet is entangled in these small warships, then the inflexible but condescending big ships will have time to surround them, whether they are burned with rockets or jumping in hand-to-hand combat, these Song ships will definitely be left behind.

Seeing that the Song fleet was about to enter the range of bows and arrows, the officers on the Goryeo ships gave the order, and the soldiers held arrows wrapped in oilcloth and were ready to ignite them at any time. And when the rockets were ignited, these soldiers would shoot the arrows at the first opportunity, covering the Song ships. As long as a part of it hits, at least the sails of the Song people will be wasted.

However, before the Goryeo officer gave the order to light the fire, he suddenly saw a flash of fire on the bow of the Song people in the lead.

Wang Wanshun stood at the bow of the ship, estimating that he was about to enter the range of the bow and crossbow, and immediately ordered: "Load the crossbow gun!" ”

Two gunmen pulled out two javelins from the porcelain jar containing the viscous liquid and placed them on the ballista that had been opened. The tips of the two thick cast-iron javelins were wrapped in a thick layer of linen, which by this time had absorbed the black oil. Wang Wanshun ordered again: "Ignite!" ”

A cannon man with a torch immediately brought the torch to the two javelins, and the thick oil was immediately ignited, emitting a bright light.

Wang Wanshun finally glanced at the aiming device of the ballista, and estimated that it was between the bow of the ship turning from a downward state to an upward state, and immediately smashed it into the machine with a big hammer. With a bang, two javelins turned into two fire dragons and flew out towards the Goryeo battleship.

The javelins for ballistae made on Tamna Island do not have tail fins, but have four deep grooves symmetrically cut into the wooden pole at the end of the javelin, and use the vortex formed by the air in flight in these four grooves to correct the deviation. Because the Great Song Dynasty needed a large number of arrows, the feathers were always insufficient, so they came up with this method, and this kind of tail slotted arrows also has a special name called "Feng Yu Arrow" (I forgot where it came from). When the javelin with four deep grooves flew at high speed, it let out a terrifying screech, and dragged the tail of fire several feet long, like a monster, plunged headlong into the Goryeo battleship under the terrified gaze of the Goryeo soldiers.

A javelin smashed the wooden skeleton of a sail directly, and then split the bodies of two Korean soldiers before they were planted against the wooden female wall on the side of the ship, and two fires were set in the place where they passed. Another javelin slammed directly into the foremast of the Goryeo battleship, the cast-iron spear head was deformed in the violent impact, but it completely broke the mast, and the flying splinters of wood hit several unlucky people, and the javelin, which still had some kinetic energy, hit the mainsail again and set the mainsail on fire.

Wang Wanshun immediately ordered the rudder to turn right thirty degrees after firing the javelin, and when the ship turned to move, a small ballista in the middle of the ship had a firing range, and two flaming javelins fired at the Goryeo warship that had just been shot. Then, the second 200-year-old ship in the queue also began to fire ballistas at the Goryeo warship whose sails had caught fire. More than 100 Song ships were equipped with ballistae capable of firing two javelins at a time, and ships of 50 materials were equipped with small ballistae that fired one javelin at a time, and more than 30 javelins were poured on the Goryeo warships in one blow.

Once the oil burns, it is not so easy to extinguish, especially when the Koreans habitually use water to extinguish it, but they find that the fire on the javelin cannot be extinguished at all! Even the corpses that had been dismembered by javelins were burning.

Now the Goryeo fleet is in chaos. Everyone has seen the tragic situation of the warship at the front, and the fire dragons launched by the people have hit one after another without firing an arrow, and they have been burned into torches in the blink of an eye. The ships behind the Song fleet, probably felt that this ship was no longer worth attacking, and the fire dragon that continued to fire had begun to fly towards other warships.

The Goryeo attempt to stop the Song fleet with small boats also did not materialize, and as Wang Wanshun began to turn the rudder, the subsequent ships all arrived at the attack point and fired javelins, and then immediately turned the rudder and broke away, quickly rowing over the open sea side of the Korean interception fleet.

Seeing this, the Koreans immediately sailed and reversed the direction in an attempt to intercept the Song fleet, but the Song fleet was downwind and was much more agile than them. In the end, the Koreans only had time to approach the last two ships of the Song flotilla and shoot them with rockets. But it was still too far away, and only a few rockets landed on the ship, burning the sail two holes, and the fire was extinguished by a few barrels of seawater.

Wang Wanshun led the fleet to the open sea, and immediately turned around and sailed eastward again to seize the limelight. The Koreans, on their part, are already broken. The fear is not that a ship is being engulfed in smoke and flames, but that there is not a single arrow fired on the ten large ships during the whole process, this is a one-way slaughter. doesn't even have a chance to fight back, who can not be afraid?

Although Cui Xiushi, who was on the shore, couldn't see the details of the naval battle, he estimated that the Song people's ships launched the "Fire Dragon" outside the range of their bows and arrows, and almost all of them hit, so he hurriedly pulled over the Tamna Shizi: "What is that?" Why is it so powerful? ”

"I don't know! I have not heard that the Song people would set fires like this. Shizi was also surprised.

At this time, except for a ship that had already caught fire and was still fighting the fire, the other ships of the Goryeo fleet all chased after the Song fleet, but it was obvious that they were one step slower than the Song fleet. While they were still moving slowly, Wang Wanshun had already commanded the fleet to turn again and rush downwind again.

Again, the same tactic as last time, when the fleet passed by the offshore side of the Korean fleet, concentrated fire on one or two Goryeo warships. However, after the turn this time, the fleet was adjusted into two columns, one of which was dedicated to the Goryeo boats that were trying to rush up with ballista shots.

Under the fire of the ballista, the planks of the ship, which were originally heavy and solid in the eyes of the Koreans, were directly smashed into large holes, and the flames were burning while pouring into the seawater. Javelins swept over the deck of a ship was even more terrifying, as javelins, shattered human bodies, and parts of the ship swept through the dense crowd on the small deck, causing a bunch of casualties.

Another large, two, and three Goryeo ships were devastated, and a small leader excitedly asked Wang Wanshun: "Leader Wang, let's get close and fight!" ”

Wang Wanshun shook his head: "It's not time yet, can you be a little patient?" Let's do it again, and wait for the Koreans to panic! ”

Then he gave the order to turn the rudder again, and the fleet turned again, and this time the Goryeo people were prepared, and several small boats were also sailing oars and tried to entangle the Song fleet with increased speed. Wang Wanshun frowned at the Goryeo warship that had caught up, and ordered the herald in charge: "Let Team E stop the small boat of the Goryeo people!" ”

The flags were passed down one by one, and soon the four small boats at the end broke out of formation and turned to stop in front of the Goryeo warship, bombarding the Goryeo with ballistas. But the Koreans continued to rush forward, and the archers on the deck began to throw rockets, and the Koreans with shields and broadswords could be seen ready to engage in the broadside battle. But Team E is just going around in circles with the Koreans, but not with them. In terms of speed, the Song ships were faster, so the Koreans never got the opportunity to fight the broadside battle.

Here you chase back and forth, over there Wang Wanshun once again led the fleet to seize the upper hand and resume the column all the way, launching a third surprise attack on the Goryeo ship. When the dragon-like javelins continued to ignite the sails, decks, and even corpses of the Goryeo warships, the Koreans collapsed, and the ships began to turn their own ways to evade. Wang Wanshun saw that the time was coming, and hurriedly shouted: "Hang the flag!" Each ship approached and hit! ”

As a result, they were probably too excited, and the seventh ship in the back forgot to pass the signal, and as a result, only the seven ships in front rushed up, and the ships behind reacted that they had missed the best turning point, and as a result, the ghost messenger turned to the other side of the Goryeo fleet, forming an encirclement situation.

At this time, the Goryeo fleet was in disarray, the formation was scattered, and it was difficult to launch an effective counterattack. However, the Song ship never fought a broadside battle, but approached and threw the canister of fire oil onto the Goryeo ship with a simple stone thrower, and the fire on the sea reflected the red sky when it landed.