"Withdraw. Lu Xiaosi also sighed, hearing is better than seeing, Xie Hong's description of the bed crossbow is indeed quite detailed, but no matter how it is, it can't compare to his own experience.

He was closer than Xie Hong, and he could see more clearly, the arrow was more than a meter long, and it was erected on a bed crossbow with a bow arm of more than two meters, which was called a murderous aura. Not only on the flywheel battleships in the front row, but also on the Fufune and Hirobune in the back, and those ships were relatively large, with more than one erected on each ship.

Even if you don't have the right head, you can fire thousands of sharp arrows in unison, and you will always hit some targets, and if you really rush over on your side, you may not be in the range of the thunderbolt cannon, and you will lose three or four of your troops. Moreover, Hou Ye also predicted that the other party may have a way to restrain the phosphorus fire, and this battle is indeed impossible to fight.

After listening to Lu Xiaosi's relay, and seeing this kind of posture, even the most brave generals have nothing to say at this time. If the number is about the same, you can fight it, after all, the firing frequency of the bed crossbow is very low, as long as you can get close, it is the thunderbolt that has the upper hand, but other people's ships are more than ten times more than their own, so what is there to fight?

...... "The enemy has fled!" ”

"Haha, a group of rats, will only make some small tricks that can't be put on the table, once they get to the real thing, they won't be useful, and Xie Hong still dares to call himself a famous general, what a famous general, it's just a guts rat."

"Catch up, catch up, kill them all!"

As soon as the guys on their side shined, the enemy fled when they heard the wind, and there was nothing more morale-boosting than this, and the cheers of tens of thousands of people resounded across the sea, and even the Acropolis of Jinzhou could be vaguely heard, which showed that the cheers were so loud that they had been suppressed for too long.

The name of the plague god's omnipotence has resounded all over the world, except for those places in the interior that are not well understood, even the pirates who beg for a living in the southeast sea feel like thunder, let alone those who have suffered losses or heard of it indirectly.

That is, the sailors in Guangdong have heard less, but after the coalition forces were mixed, they also heard some rumors more or less, and they were inevitably a little worried in their hearts.

When they set sail, they saw that there were many strong ships on their side, and the sailors were quite calm, but a few days ago, they were disgraced by a reconnaissance ship in the Weihaiwei sea area. Shame is certain, but what is more serious than shame is that many people are aroused in their hearts.

Liang Cheng didn't forget to order to keep it a secret, but what he commanded was a coalition army after all, and it was already three parts in a broad sense, and the subdivision was even more complicated.

The regular naval army includes the two naval divisions of Fujian and Guangdong; The pirates are also divided into the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and there are countless according to the distinction of various gangs; The maritime merchants all come from one place, but in fact, they are not so harmonious with each other, and the two families of King Xie are not too late, and the relationship between the other families is also complicated.

It has already taken Liang Cheng's mental strength to integrate such a coalition army and fight in formation, and if he wants these people to ban it, not to mention that it will only take more than half a year, even if there is one for three or five years, I am afraid that it may not be successful. Not to mention Liang Chengcheng, as far as Sun Wu is resurrected, he may not have this ability, it is not a matter of ability, but the congenital limitation is too big.

On the other hand, Xie Hong's side is different, most of Xie Hong's sailors are poor fishermen, their surnames are very uniform, and they are all proletarians. History has proved that the will of the proletarians to fight is very strong, but it is not easy to last, but with the abundant financial and material support of Xie Hong, coupled with a series of victories, the Royal Navy has been very smoothly formed.

Therefore, there are pros and cons to building from scratch and integrating ready-made forces.

"Maintain the formation, and don't leave the team to pursue without permission."

In the midst of cheers and battles, Liang Cheng still remained calm, in fact, the moment he saw the enemy turn around and flee, he was also slightly drunk, the person opposite was Xie Hong, the plague god who made countless ministers and generals sink into the sand, and was scared away by his own bright guy, which is too face-saving to say.

However, victory obviously cannot come so easily, there may be an ambush in the green mud pool, or there may be an ambush on the shore, and the other party may not be able to wait for the half-crossing to attack, and rush up rashly, maybe he will be annihilated.

"Lord Liang, this is a good opportunity, how can you ......" Lu Xiaosi's fleet first retreated backwards, and then scattered to both sides, just giving way to Port Arthur. Thinking of the wealth in the legendary workshops in Lushun, Xu Chenjiang's eyes lit red, where could he still hold it, and he shouted dissatisfied.

"After dispersing the enemy ships, the clippers return to the two wings, monitor the enemy ships and not get close, and after the main force approaches the shore, burn the port with rockets, and no one is allowed to land without the order of the general, and the violation of military law will be engaged!" Liang Cheng glared at Xu Chenjiang and issued orders in an orderly manner.

As early as when the reconnaissance ship appeared, he had already realized that his plan to directly capture and kill Xie Hong was about to fail, but that was the most ideal result, with such a large fleet, it was indeed too difficult to raid Port Arthur without being discovered at all.

So, now he plans to make steady progress, and in his opinion, Xie Hong's biggest failure is to build those workshops on the edge of the port. If you land, you may encounter the elite of the border army, and the outcome is unpredictable, but since you can't catch Xie Hong's people, then it's the same if you destroy his workshops, so he can't watch and not save it.

It doesn't matter if you don't save it, after burning here, you can go to Tianjin again, the defense there is not as strict as Lushun, just put the sailors on it, it only takes a day or two to make it a ruin.

Xu Chenjiang was pulled away by his younger brother with a stupid face, he was reprimanded, and even if others were not convinced, they didn't dare to say anything. This is the so-called invincible in oneself, but invincible in the enemy, right? To tame the unruly subordinates, without being impatient or impatient, and to peek through the enemy's tactics, he really has the demeanor of a famous general of the ancients, haha.

Liang Cheng twisted the long beard on his chest and smiled leisurely.

......" The generals on the opposite side are really a good means. Xie Hong held up the clairvoyant mirror, looking at it with relish, and his mouth was also full of admiration.

"He is indeed a calm person, and he didn't rush forward, but it's a pity that Hou Ye's plan to lure the enemy." What does a staff officer do? It's just that when the coach speaks, follow the fun, Dai Ziyu understands his work like this, no matter what others say, he believes it anyway.

"What is the trick to lure the enemy? Hmph, Ben Hou is the most upright person, and he has never liked to use tricks or anything...... Ahem, what kind of eyes are you all in, isn't it, what Ben Hou has set up today is a dignified array, but the preparation is a little cumbersome, so he asked Fourth Brother Lu to put on a disguise. ”

Ignoring the strange eyes of the soldiers on the left and right, Xie Hong praised again: "Ben Hou is talking about the formation set up by that general, I really didn't expect that he could actually line up so many ships into a formation, and it is not the long snake formation and the wild goose marching formation, which is really amazing." ”

Probably only China has paid attention to the formation of water battles or naval battles, before the application of artillery, there were fewer people and fewer ships in the West, and the scale of naval battles was not fought, and there was no need to pay attention to formations or formations. After the artillery, the line formation is the most commonly used, followed by the goose marching formation, etc., because this formation is the easiest to exert the power of artillery.

This plum blossom array is a composite array, the ships are divided into small teams, and they stand according to the direction of the eight trigrams, which looks like plum blossoms. This formation is mainly used for grappling melee combat, and once you get into the formation, you will be attacked from all sides, and it is difficult to defuse unless you push it directly from the outside with stronger force.

There is no threat to this formation, although Xie Hong will not be able to set up the formation and will not crack it, but his ship is not afraid of this, but from it he can see the dominance of the enemy generals, without radio, thousands of ships are arranged into such a fine formation, and the most powerful thing is that it can still move, which is much higher than his own. And this formation is also very pleasing to the eye, just like those programs of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in later generations.

"Master Hou, if we don't move, the port will be ......," Dai Ziyu reminded responsibly.

"It doesn't matter, there are Brother Jiang and Wu Qianhu on the shore." Xie Hong put down the clairvoyant mirror and saw that the wet felt had already wrapped the ship, so he nodded with satisfaction and said lightly: "Let's set sail." ”

"Whew!" The whistle sounded, the smoke was everywhere, and the quiet puddle of green mud suddenly became noisy, and the huge momentum made the coalition army stagnate.

"Sure enough, there is a trick." The pirates' eyes widened.

"......" The eyes of the maritime merchants are a little wandering, and if they suffer too much, there will be sequelae, obviously the plague god is going to make a killer move, can it withstand it?

"Hmph, it's finally here." Liang Cheng snorted coldly, the hidden killer weapon is the most terrifying, after it appears, it doesn't matter, he believes that with his experience in naval warfare, even if the other party has any tricks, it can be restrained.

Either expectantly or panicked, but without exception, the eyes of the allied soldiers were focused on the direction of the bay, only to see that the billowing black smoke there was getting thicker and thicker, but the shrill whistle had stopped.

If you don't consider Xie Hong's name, this scene will make many people happy, because how can you look at it like the dock is on fire, and the fire is not small, otherwise where would such a big smoke come from?

However, thinking of the famous nickname, this scene is a little scary, who knows if it is smoke, or what kind of spell makes the black fog, you know, the opponent is a plague god.

There were already people praying in the coalition army, and the sound of prayer soon spread, and the names of the Buddha, the Sanqing Daozun, and Mazu Niangniang were recited repeatedly until ...... At the exit of the strait, a towering bow appeared, and before everyone could come to their senses, the ship had already split the waves, and with a thick puff of black smoke, it sailed out of the strait proudly.

As soon as the boat came out, people could see it clearly, and the black smoke clearly came out of the boat. It is clear that the ship is on fire...... The plague god is really the plague god, and it is too cruel to pull the burning ship out to fight.

Because the feature of black smoke is so eye-catching, most people didn't notice other details, only Liang Cheng, the naval veteran, noticed that the ships that were sailing out of the bay in turn were all very large.

There are also big ships in the coalition army, all of them are big ships of one or two thousand materials. Originally, there were many calls in the army to abandon these large ships and mainly light and small and medium-sized ships, and from the battles with the royal fleet, many people came to the conclusion that speed is the most important thing in naval warfare.

In addition to following the trend of tactical thinking, there are many people who believe that these big ships have slowed down the speed of the fleet and cannot achieve the effect of the surprise attack, and in the end, Liang Chengli overrode the public opinion and included these big ships in the establishment of the fleet. In addition to loading as many supplies and sailors as possible, Liang Cheng also had some other considerations, which were not for outsiders.

None of those boats, though, came out of the mud.

The deck of this ship is very high, seeing these ships, Liang Cheng immediately remembered the legendary building ship, and only that kind of ship can be compared with these ships, in his fleet, all the ships are shorter, even the big ship of 2,000 materials he is riding cannot match it.

And this ship is very long, because the shape of this ship is very similar to that of a flywheel battleship, which is almost equivalent to the appearance of equal magnification, but the magnification is a bit much, and at least five or six flywheel battleships must be connected end to tail to be comparable to this length. Liang Cheng is not a shipwright, but he can still judge the loading capacity of this ship, at least 3,000 materials!

Liang Cheng himself was taken aback, this number is too amazing, the two thousand materials under his feet are already the largest ship in the south of the Yangtze River, or the best in the world, even bigger than this, there is only the legendary treasure ship, but I didn't expect to see a bigger one here.

Conspiracy, there must be conspiracy!

Seeing the big ships coming out of a mold, Liang Cheng's heart sank. Regarded as an anomaly, it is a demon, the number of flywheel warships is small, and they retreat without a fight, and as a result, so many large ships have come out, it is obvious that the enemy intends to use these big ships as the main force, and the enemy cannot be allowed to use them calmly, and must strike first.

"Order Xu Da to be in charge, let him attack quickly." Liang Cheng stood up violently and shouted.

"My lord, is this necessary? Those ships are already on fire, and they may sink on their own in a moment. ”

"But isn't it, this is called playing with fire [***], maybe the ghost fire he made burned by itself, and it couldn't be extinguished......" Looking at the black smoke, the soldiers were all sneering.

"Idiot, take a closer look, the smoke came out of the chimney, it's clearly weird, don't rap here, don't give orders? Tell Xu Da that this is a military order, if you don't obey, the military law will do it! Pointing to the chimney at the stern of the boat, Liang Cheng shouted angrily, and did not forget to give an instruction at the end, lest the Xu brothers also be stupid and plan to watch the excitement.

The red flag was unfurled, and the Xu brothers were not ignorant of the severity, twenty of the clippers were divided, and they flanked the direction of the enemy ship, and the plum blossom array of the Chinese army was also pressed, and it seemed to be a situation of two bread sandwiches.

(To be continued)