Chapter 204: Gift
The 10,000-point meteor descended violently with a black-orange tail flame, which seemed to be slowing down, but after a few breaths, the meteor shower formed by the rocket had already fallen on the Song Army's naval division battleship in the center of the river. In addition to the battleship on which Jia Yidao was based, there were more than 20 warships closest to the south bank of the Han River that were not attacked by a rain of arrows, and none of the remaining dozens of Xiangyang Navy Division battleships were spared.
In the midst of the sparks, there were occasional screams, and there was some damage on each battleship, and several battleships also ignited open flames, but they were quickly extinguished by the sailors who had been prepared for a long time. Fortunately, most of the sailors of the Great Song Dynasty walked on inland rivers and did not prepare sails, if there were cloth sails, the losses of the Mongols' rocket Xiangyang sailors would definitely be several times higher than today.
There was another neat buzzing sound, and the second wave of rockets of the Mongol cavalry standing on the north bank had already struck...... After a full ten rounds of arrows, the rocket attacks from the north shore gradually became sparse and soon came to a complete halt. After all, human arm strength is limited, and at the beginning, these Mongol cavalry had already demonstrated their riding skills far beyond all the cavalry of this era, and once again vividly demonstrated their superb archery skills.
Relying on the strength of the arm, the feather arrows were shot at a distance of more than 100 zhang, although there were people who could do it in the Great Song Dynasty, but it was absolutely impossible for them to appear on a large scale like the Mongolian cavalry on the north bank.
Because the Xiangyang Sailor was worried about the possible appearance of the Mongolian Sailor, he could only keep the battle formation untouched and stop in place, and he suffered the ten rounds of rockets alive. I don't know how many casualties there were, but looking at the two or three burning warships, I also understood that in this round of the confrontation between the two countries' elites on land and water, the Xiangyang Navy Division was afraid that it would lose a lot.
The flags on the Jianghai battleships waved, the war drums sounded, and the battleships of the Xiangyang Navy Division, which had been gathered together, quickly moved in unison. Although he didn't quite understand the meaning of the flag played on the Jianghai boat, Jia Yidao could see from the direction of the boat's movement that Jiang Hai obviously did not intend to continue to maintain the battle formation and wait for the Mongolian sailors who had not yet appeared and might not appear at all, and wanted the fleet to get out of the range of the Mongolian cavalry and lean towards the south bank of the Han River.
Although Jia Rudao was secretly worried in his heart, he also knew that Jiang Hai's doing this was really a helpless way to ride a tiger.
The Mongolian cavalry is indeed the unparalleled elite in the world, Jia Rudao did not doubt this, and this elite degree is far beyond his imagination, but it does not mean that they can really give the Xiangyang naval division of more than 100 warships in Jianghai.
The Mongol cavalry, which was dominant by land, knew that it could not be launched. Since you can't go into the water, then it's definitely impossible to put the Xiangyang sailors like that. In this case, then to say that the Mongols had no other backhand, I am afraid that no one will believe it. At least before that, the Mongol cavalry cruising on the north bank of the Han River had never done such a thankless thing as today.
Maybe it was because the Mongolian cavalry came too fast, or maybe because Jiang Hai was too big and underestimated the cavalry and archery ability of the Mongolian cavalry, so he didn't choose to order the fleet to leave the route and go to the south bank at the first time.
Of course, Jiang Hai can't be blamed for this, after all, there has never been a case before that the Mongols used cavalry against the sailors. Jiang Hai immediately chose to form a formation in the center of the river to guard against the attack of the Mongolian sailors.
Even Jia Yidao himself did not expect that among the Mongolian cavalry, there would be so many marksmen who could shoot feather arrows to such a distance just by their arm strength.
Two battleships have already caught fire, although they are in the water, but the all-wood battleship seems to be unsaved. The Mongol cavalry on the north bank remained unmoved, either bluffing or resting and accumulating, but Jiang Hai was obviously unwilling to gamble on this unknown, so he simply ordered the battleship to move south and retreat to the vicinity of the south bank of the Han River to guard against the possible arrival of the second round of rockets by the Mongol cavalry.
The sound of the trumpet sounded again on the north shore, but it stopped after more than ten breaths.
The horn fell, and the Mongolian cavalry arrays on the north bank of the Han River were once again faintly lit up, followed by a rain of fire, although it was much sparser than the previous round of arrow rain, but the momentum was not weak at all.
However, this time, those rockets could only chase the butt of the Xiangyang Navy Division's battleship, except for a few rockets that could shoot onto the battleship, most of the rest fell into the water and went out. The rockets have not formed a scale, and it is impossible for dozens or hundreds of rockets to pose any threat to the Xiangyang naval division that is waiting for them.
Mo Ye, who was standing beside Jia Yidao, exhaled a heavy breath at this time, obviously he was shocked by the fierceness and strength of the Mongolian cavalry like everyone before.
The overwhelming charging posture and the overwhelming rain of arrows can't be treated indifferently by anyone who really sees it. Therefore, Jia Yidao did not take the opportunity to ridicule Mo Ye, after all, even he felt a little powerless for the first time in his heart.
The fleet broke away from the range of the Mongolian cavalry, and after adjusting the formation, it directly rocked the oars and began to accelerate forward, obviously Jiang Hai did not plan to spend time with the Mongolian cavalry, but already planned to leave.
The Mongol cavalry was on land, and as long as the fleet was careful, the sailor fleet could not be at all. What's more, when it comes to the geographical environment of the waters of the Han River, I am afraid that no one is more familiar with it than these people in the rivers and seas.
There is a relatively narrow waterway near Jingmen City in front, which is the way for the fleet to go to Xiangyang, which is also the main reason why Jiang Hai chose to wait for the possible appearance of the Mongolian sailors. If the Mongols really had an ambush, that would be the best place to go.
The gap in strength between the Mongolian Navy Division and the Xiangyang Navy Division is the same as the gap between the Song Army's infantry and the Mongolian cavalry, and if you want to deal with the more than 100 warships of the Xiangyang Navy Division, a sneak attack is the only way.
The Mongolian sailors did not appear, but the fleet lost two warships, and hundreds of casualties, Jiang Hai was already a little angry in his heart.
The narrow river was suitable for the sailors to ambush, but the environment on both sides of the river was not the same as the current river plains, but dense forests and high mountains, and the Mongol cavalry could not deploy at all, and could no longer pose any threat to the sailors' warships, unless the Mongol cavalry dismounted as foot soldiers. But can the dismounted Mongol cavalry still be dominant?
"My lord, General Jiang ordered someone to send a message, please be sure to enter the battleship."
Zhao Yi walked behind Jia Rudao and whispered.
In fact, this is what Zhao Yi wanted to say after holding back for a long time. If Jia Nidao made a mistake, not only would Jiang Hai not be able to fall well, but the results of him and the two thousand forbidden soldiers who escorted Jia Nidao would not be much better.
"You go and deliver this thing to General Jiang, and the officer will go back to the cabin and let him command with peace of mind."
"Adult ......"
What Jia Yidao handed to Zhao Yi was the monocular he had just used in his hand. Zhao Yi didn't know how many pieces Jia Nidao still had in his hand, and he didn't know that Lu Dao was a thing on the water, but from Jia Dao's cautious appearance, he also knew that there were definitely not many of these things in his hand.
Such a treasure......
"Go, good horses with good saddles, and swords for heroes. This thing is still in the hands of the official, tell Jiang Hai that the life of the official will be handed over to him, there are only four of these things in the world now, in addition to one in the hands of the saint, there are three in the hands of the official, Meng Shuai has one, and the official has one. If he wins, this is the last thing...... It's his. ”
“…… The last will obey! ”