Chapter 57 VI A Battle to the Death

Because it was too close to the explosion, the huge impact blew Liu Naishun to the ground!

When Liu Naishun struggled to get up from the deck, his ears were still buzzing, but the scene in front of him was far more shocking than the loud noise in these two ears: the water parts of more than a dozen Goryeo main battleships surrounding the Silk Country Loach Ship were shattered by this explosion! The broken hulls, the red-stained sea, and the corpses of the Korean sailors on the dense surface of the sea announced that the Goryeo soldiers on these ships had all been wiped out in that moment just now!

That's impossible! That's impossible! Liu Naishun couldn't tell whether it was a rumbling thought in his head or a roaring sound in his throat, and the facts in front of him made him unacceptable. This scene undoubtedly shows that the most elite part of the Goryeo naval army was completely killed by the enemy, and for just a moment, this is a fact that no general can accept.

At this time, Liu Naishun noticed that his flagship was also involved in the explosion just now, and the side of the ship facing the direction of the explosion was also quite damaged, the sail was also ignited, and a mast was broken, and there was a wail on the deck, and most of the sailors were lying on the ground unable to move. Liu Naishun hurriedly looked around his fleet, only to find that similar situations were very common in his fleet, and all ships had suffered varying degrees of damage.

Liu Naishun suddenly understood in his heart, it turned out that everything that the Silk Country Fleet had done before was laid out for this moment, but the enemy's acting skills were too realistic, everything seemed to be the result of a battle, and he didn't even realize that he had stepped into the enemy's trap step by step! But Liu Naishun just couldn't understand what was going on with the explosion, in fact, not only him, but every living Goryeo soldier also had the same doubts in his heart.

Mr. Liu did not know that the explosion was the same as the one that nearly brought the city of Pyongyang down three years ago. Unfortunately, in order to cover up his behavior, Ah Yizhi strictly forbade anyone who witnessed the explosion to leak relevant information, and Liu Naishun naturally had no way of knowing that the silk country had this secret weapon called gunpowder. And the person who invented the new use of this weapon was none other than Wang Hanxin!

When he learned that Zheng Menglong had fallen for the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain. Wang Hanxin understood the situation he was in. In order to avoid the literal annihilation of the Oushan Fortress and the ships moored inside, Wang Hanxin took a fancy to the two loach ships that were rushed to repair in the village because of water leakage - since the loss was inevitable. Then it is better to use the most valuable ships as bait to attract the attention of the enemy. He concentrated all the gunpowder from the Shenji battalion and placed it in two ships, and then attracted the Goryeo army to besiege it. For this reason, he specially designed to use the fire salvo on the sea dragon ship to show the power of the weapon, and the result was that Liu Naishun gave the order to engage in the battle. It's just that even Wang Hanxin himself didn't expect that Liu Naishun would order so many capital warships to surround him, which was a surprise for him, originally his goal was just to consume the enemy's combat power as much as possible, so that the other party could no longer capture Shuizhai.

This situation is certainly gratifying in terms of results, but it has also caused enough trouble for Wang Hanxin. Originally, he personally sat on the flagship with the intention of counting himself in the bait, but he didn't expect the Goryeo army to attack with such an all-out attack, and Wang Hanxin's own retreat was also cut off. He almost had to face the fate of dying with the enemy. Fortunately, his soldiers sacrificed their lives to gain some time with their lives, and after successfully lighting the fire, they also created a way for Wang Hanxin to jump into the sea to escape, but these loyal and brave subordinates were all buried with the flagship.

Wang Hanxin, who was lucky enough to escape in the water, was picked up by his own boat, he immediately boarded the nearest transport ship, and after observing the current situation, Wang Hanxin wiped the seawater on his face and shouted: "Raise the command flag!" Herald! All hands start the broadside battle! Kill the Goryeo Army! ”

Although the explosion caused huge losses to the Goryeo army, the Goryeo army still had a slight advantage in terms of the combat effectiveness of the ships and the actual number of people. However, Wang Hanxin's move was not crazy, but the right choice to make a quick decision. Wang Hanxin sensed with a keen sense that the Goryeo army had been subjected to a huge psychological impact and was in a confused stage, and if he took a decisive battle with all his staff at this time, the other party would definitely think that this was also part of his plan. Morale will be even lower, and in the confusion, you will not be able to tell that your forces are actually at a disadvantage. The original goal of the battle plan had been exceeded, but Wang Hanxin had made up his mind to annihilate the enemy at this time. This improvisation and fearsome gambler mentality is his style.

The subordinates were shocked by the commander's order, and Wang Hanxin ignored the consternation of his subordinates. He snatched two knives from his men and shouted "follow me", and then jumped onto the nearest Goryeo ship.

Compared to the shock of the water army of the country of silk. The psychological impact on the Goryeo navy is not shocking, it is a sense of despair trapped in the trap of the enemy, seeing all the ships of the Silk Country approaching them like crazy, and the sailors waving swords and axes and jumping onto the deck of their ships, this scene gives the impression that they have fallen into a desperate situation, and the enemy has launched a decisive blow. Wang's actions created this illusion for the Goryeo army, and this illusion caused a terrible sense of defeat.

Of course, not all of the Goryeo naval forces were confused by Wang Hanxin's actions, Liu Naishun was the one who remained sober, and some experienced commanders also found that the number of the Silk Country was not dominant, but because the Silk Country launched a decisive battle, every ship of the Goryeo Fleet, which was already in the enemy formation, was caught in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and the commander's orders could no longer be transmitted throughout the army, and all they could control was the ship led by themselves. More Goryeo ships were in a rout, completely overwhelmed by the Silk Country's navy.

Wang Hanxin relied on his own skill advantage, constantly jumping, turning, slashing, assassinating, turning one Goryeo soldier after another into lifeless pieces of meat, and his new flagship soldiers were infected by his bravery, and soon captured two Goryeo warships. Wang Hanxin checked the situation and immediately ordered the sailors to lean the ship towards the Goryeo flagship, because he noticed that although the Goryeo flagship suffered huge losses, it was not chaotic, and it could be seen from the process of the battle just now that his opponent was not a general, and Wang Hanxin had targeted the head of the enemy general.

Continuously leveling the Goryeo naval army in front of him, Wang Hanxin's speed has exceeded the limit of his subordinates, and they can no longer keep up with the speed of the main general. So from the overall situation, it seems that Wang Hanxin has fallen into the encirclement of the Goryeo army, but Wang Hanxin doesn't care about these at all, he just rushes towards Liu Naishun all the way.

"Shoot the arrows!" Liu Naishun sensed the horror of the enemy general and hurriedly ordered to stop it.

It's a pity that the density of arrows on the ship is far more sparse than that of land battles, Wang Hanxin, who has been in battle for a long time, directly pulled a corpse in front of him to avoid the first wave of arrow rain, and before the second wave of arrows came out, he had already attacked the archers like lightning, and Wang Hanxin had already killed on the bridge in the flying severed hands and screams, and more than a dozen guards struggled to prevent him from approaching the main general, but unfortunately they exchanged their lives for only a few tens of seconds, And Liu Naishun on the bridge had no other way to retreat except jumping into the sea, but as the commander-in-chief of the fleet, it was impossible for him to abandon ship and escape, which would be tantamount to declaring defeat.

"Enemy general! Come on! Wang Hanxin shouted in Korean as he rushed forward.

"Qing is so brave and good at fighting at such a young age, it is really terrifying in the future. Come on! Liu Naishun adjusted his posture and waved the sword in his hand. (To be continued......)