Chapter 849: Li Chengqian's First Battle (II)
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, these Linyi warships are all in the shooting, and all the long-range weapons on board can be used. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" a gunner reported loudly after estimating the distance.
Li Chengqian picked up the binoculars, looked at the enemy ships, looked at the shore in the distance, and ordered: "The artillery is aimed at the shore, the catapult is aimed at the enemy ship, the catapult is aimed at the enemy ship, the artillery is two rounds, the catapult is five rounds, and the catapult is ready!" ”
With Li Chengqian's order, starting with the gunner closest to him, he shouted one after another, and after shouting, he immediately stuffed the earbuds and quickly adjusted.
Seeing that the artillery and stone throwers were ready, Li Chengqian took another deep breath, took the earbuds from Wu Qi's hands, stuffed them into his ears, and ordered: "Release!" ”
I saw the flag in the flag bearer's hand wave suddenly, and then I heard a loud muffled sound in my ears, and the deck under my feet shook violently, and a large cloud of white air rose up, and was quickly blown away by the sea breeze.
On the coast in the distance, I saw black clouds suddenly rising, and the noise of the rising dust immediately rose into the sky. Through the binoculars, I saw that the army of Mahamandagata immediately panicked, and I didn't know what was going on, and suddenly my feet exploded, and a large number of people were killed and wounded at once.
They immediately ran back, but the ironclad ships were not very far from the coast, and they did not run as fast as the shells, so they could not escape the range of the artillery, and the second round came again. The artillery used flowering shells, and when it exploded, it was a large area. Even if you are lucky not to be injured by shrapnel, you are shocked by the shells that explode around you, your deafness and brain swell, and you lose the ability to react. After two rounds, Li Chengqian looked back and forth with a telescope, and there were few people who could stand up.
Looking closer, with Li Chengqian's order, the stone throwers threw the medicine bags and gasoline barrels out one after another. There are fuses on the medicine bag and on the outside of the gasoline barrel, and the fuse is cut short according to the distance to be thrown, so as to ensure that the medicine bag can fall right on the opposite ship and explode, and also to ensure that the gasoline drum can be burned by the fuse over the enemy ship, and the gasoline barrel can be burned by the fuse in the sky above the enemy ship, and it will explode with a bang, turning into a rain of fire and falling down and spilling all over the enemy ship.
Looking at that sea again, it has become a sea of fire at this moment. The gasoline fell and floated on the surface of the sea, so the fire quickly spread along the water, enveloping the entire sea. The warships of the Linyi Kingdom were not even as good as the warships of the Wa Kingdom, and they were swallowed up by that sea of fire almost instantly.
Li Chengqian raised his arm and signaled to stop the attack.
The ironclad ship immediately returned to silence, watching from afar as the warships of the Linyi Kingdom turned into ashes in the sea of fire.
"Ready to land." Li Chengqian said lightly.
Wu Qi perked up and immediately shouted: "The last general takes orders!" ”
With that, he immediately went over and prepared to go.
Landing, it's time for them to show.
The ironclad ship bypassed the sea of fire, bypassed the charred and blackened wreckage of the warship floating on the water, and leaned towards the shore.
Wu Qi led the people to get off the boat first, changed into a small iron boat with pedals, and quickly went to the shore.
However, there was no resistance on the shore. The shelling had already frightened them.
Soon, the soldiers on the ironclad ship had landed, and the horses were all pulled down.
Excluding the fifty marines, only one hundred and fifty elite horsemen were disembarked, and the total number was two hundred. A few more guns were removed from the ironclad ship and pulled by a warhorse. In addition, there are several medicine bags and earth-shaking thunder hanging on each person's war horse, which is all the baggage.
The rest remained on the ship, guarding the warship, on standby.
Follow the road, and in a short time you will reach the bottom of the city.
The gates were wide open, and the crowd was chaotic.
"I've seen this general, and the old ghost has called the little one to come and lead the generals into the city." Come over and say to Li Chengqian.
"Where's the old ghost?" Li Chengqian asked.
The man replied, "In the castle guard." ”
"Temple...... Checkmate! Wu Qi shouted at Li Chengqian's side.
Li Chengqian nodded, signaling that he understood, and then turned to the man again and said, "Come on, tie up!" ”
The man was startled, and he was already pressed to the ground by the two marines who jumped down from behind Li Chengqian.
At the gate of the city, a man immediately ran inside. Li Chengqian looked at the figure of the man who ran away, smiled, and said, "Okay, let him go!" ”
After that, he said to the man, "I will borrow you to call the ghost Qianqiu out, and you can stay here and wait for a while!" ”
After a while, I saw a man and a horse rushing out of the city gate, and when they arrived outside the city gate, they rushed straight to Li Chengqian's side.
When he got closer, he reined in his horse with a cry, looked at the person standing next to him intact, and immediately understood Li Chengqian's intentions.
"The grass people are reckless, and if they don't know the number of courtesies, they won't meet this general." Ghost Qianqiu rode on a horse and raised his hand towards Li Chengqian, and said, "It is worthy of following Xia Hongsheng all day long, and he is as cautious as him." Will I lie to you? As soon as the cannon sounded, the officials here were scared away by Ben Laozi's words. ”
Li Chengqian didn't know that Ghost Qianqiu had known his identity for a long time, and Ghost Qianqiu also pretended not to know his true identity.
Li Chengqian was not annoyed by the rudeness of Ghost Qianqiu, he just smiled, raised his whip, and said: "The generals listen to the order and enter the city!" ”
Two hundred Tang soldiers rode into the city. None of the people in the city rushed out to take a look, and no one dared to stop them.
When everyone entered the mansion, Li Chengqian had not yet sat down, so he immediately asked, "How far is this place from Zhancheng?" Mahamandaga, who is unique in the city? ”
Ghost Qianqiu smiled and said, "What's the hurry? You'll have to get the scared guards to run back to the city and send a message to Mahamandagata to get him ready for the elephants and the city's defenses! ”
Li Chengqian frowned: "The general only brought two hundred elite horsemen, and he wanted to take advantage of his unpreparedness to raid the city." If they are ready, there is a huge disparity in strength, and they will not fall into a bitter battle. ”
"Two hundred?" Ghost Qianqiu smiled and said, "No need, no need." A hundred people are enough. ”
"Oh?" Li Chengqian's eyes narrowed and asked, "Why?" ”
"Although Fan Touli doesn't have much ability, he is a benevolent gentleman when he treats the people of Linyi. There are not a few people in his country who support him. If there is no help from the Tang Dynasty, Mahaman Doga will probably have to wait until Fan Touli dies, and his even less capable son will succeed to the throne. The people of Champa especially respected Fan Touli. When you get there, shout for revenge for Fan Touli, and the people inside will open the city gates themselves. In order to capture the city, the main forces of Mahamandagada were all transferred. You have artillery, but you can do it all in one battle, and destroy the forces of Mahamandagata in one fell swoop, and he will not be able to resist anymore in the future. ”
Li Chengqian's eyes froze, and after thinking for a while, he immediately ordered: "Go back to the ship, dismantle all the artillery, and bring it with all the projectiles and medicine packs!" Leave a trebuchet and ****** on board as a precaution! (To be continued.) )