The time of day that Xie Qian said is actually the direction of the wind. 【Reading.com】

The coalition army set out from Jiangnan in early June, and only made one stop in Andongwei along the way, and went north with the wind, and the speed was also quite fast, and now it was only the middle of July, and it had already crossed half of the Ming Dynasty and arrived in Lushun. In addition to the short distance, they also had an advantage in naval battles, because they attacked with the wind.

"Boss Shi, how are we going to fight?" The speed of the flywheel warship was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, it was already close to those big ships, but looking at those behemoths that were several times larger than the ships under his feet, Ruan Si had a feeling that he didn't know where to start.

Don't think about the side, the height is two or three feet apart, unless you can fly, you can't go up; Bump? Isn't that stupid? What's the difference between this and hitting a Daifuku boat with a small sampan? In addition to these two tricks, what else can be done?

Ruan Si glanced at the bed crossbow on the deck, and he didn't have much confidence.

This thing is very powerful, and it is accurate to use it to fight small boats, but it is useless to deal with this kind of big boat. This thing can only shoot flat, it can't hit the people on the boat at all, and it's not impossible to lift it up and shoot it down, but this thing is not accurate in the first place, and if you raise it up and shoot it, where the arrow will shoot, only God knows.

"Idiot, what do you think those braziers are for? It's for ignition, no matter how weird they are, they won't be afraid of fire, right? Hmph, such a big ship, in front of us, is a target. While scolding Ruan Si, Boss Shi estimated the distance between the two boats, and suddenly shouted: "It's almost, light the fire, release the arrow!" ”

"Yes!" The sailors agreed, and some ran to the side of the ship with torches, lit the braziers one by one, and then the gunners pulled the ropes in their hands.

The crossbow had already tightened its bowstring, and the bolts had been fastened, so that it was only fire. So as soon as the rope was pulled, the mechanism bounced open, and the bowstring was tightened, and the crossbow bolt, which was more than a man long and the thickness of a cup, was shot out at once, and when it passed by the brazier in front of it, the gunpowder on the arrow was ignited, and the arrow turned into a meteor and flew towards the big ship that hit the head.

These twenty clippers were surrounded in an arc, all the battleships were ready, and when they saw that the flagship had moved, the other ships were not far behind, so one after another the fire meteors flew away in unison, and then accurately hit the target, which was quite spectacular.

"Good!"

"Well done!"

There was a cheer from far and near, although they were able to hit all of them, not simply because the shooters were aiming accurately, but because the target was too big, and it was difficult to shoot at a distance of two hundred paces. However, this is more or less a good start, the fire on the rocket is only filled with sulfur, which can't be compared with Xie Hong's phosphorus fire, but so many arrows hit at the same time, how much can make the other party drink a pot.

"It's the boss, something is wrong, you see that the flame on the arrow is getting smaller and smaller, isn't it blowing too much?" Ruan Si asked stunned.

"How is that possible? They didn't splash water and sand, in such a position, it's not easy to extinguish the fire......" Boss Shi was excitedly urging the crossbowman to pull the winch, Leng Ding heard this, of course he was very unhappy, but when he looked up, he was also stunned, but isn't it, the fire is not a problem getting smaller and smaller, it has been extinguished at all.

It's not scientific, but the arrow is attached to the sulfur! How could it be destroyed by itself when it hit a wooden ship?

"Also, Boss, why do I think the ship is getting faster and faster? Will it bump into us? Ruan Si found another problem and raised the question.

"You are a mourning star, can't you say something good?" Boss Shi scolded angrily, he was staring at the hull of the ship opposite, he looked very carefully, and he didn't know if it was a mental effect, he saw it more and more clearly, and soon saw the doorway.

It turned out that the side of the ship was covered with felt, and it was still covered with silt, which densely covered the entire hull, and it was impossible to see that it was paved from a distance, but the rocket could not burn at all.

"That's amazing...... Annihilated. Boss Shi's face turned pale, the secret of the bed crossbow was actually discovered, otherwise why would the other party make such an arrangement in advance? Can Ningbo's degree of secrecy, exaggeratedly say, even a fly can't get in and in freely, why was it precautionary?

This is not an ordinary unscientific, he repeated the new terms he had just learned.

"I said, Boss Shi......" Ruan Si still reminded his captain unrelentingly.

"What?" Shi Tian turned his head unhappily, only to see that Ruan Si's face was also a little pale, and before he could scold, the other party's face suddenly turned blue, and then he pulled his neck and shouted: "Turn the rudder, run, that ghost ship has crashed over!" ”

Before his words fell, Shi Tian felt his feet shake, and his body tilted suddenly, so that he could hang and fall. However, he didn't have time to scold, and when he looked back in his busy schedule, he saw that the big ship was pressing over like a mountain at a very fast speed, Ruan Si didn't remind him wrong, the other party was really going to knock over his own boat!

"The people in the rear cabin are working hard, and they will give Lao Tzu all your milk strength." In Shi Tian's roar, the sound of the oars hitting the water also sounded in the stern of the boat, the sound was very urgent, and it was obvious that the person driving the oars also knew the seriousness of the matter.

Fortunately, the speed of the flywheel battleship's rudder was very fast, from diagonally facing the opponent's bow to the stern facing the bow, forming a racing situation. Shi Tian breathed a sigh of relief, no matter how evil the ship was, it was also here, and it was impossible for him to catch up with him.

"Boss Shi, we're going to be caught up......" Hearing the urging voice of Ruan Si, the mourning star, sounded in his ears again, Shi Tian's face turned green, this idiot's reminder is not very reliable every time, but it has been fulfilled every time, this time it is the most outrageous, and the consequences are the most serious, won't it also be fulfilled?

"Your mother, this is really unscientific!" He turned his head tremblingly and looked, in the darkness of the mountain, a ray of light flashed into his eyes, Ruan Si was right, wasn't he going to be caught up? The whole ship was already shrouded in the shadow of the people, and the bright light was the reflection of the metal corners!

"Boom! Click...... Rumble! Like an elephant struck a mouse, the steamer ran effortlessly over the steamer in a thick cloud of black smoke, leaving only a pile of broken planks and some floating objects, and Lushun's counterattack began in the most savage form.

Among the floating objects were Shi Tian and Ruan Si, the pirates were all very good, and they were standing on the open deck when the impact occurred, so they just had time to jump into the sea, and those in the rear cabin were unlucky, and they were directly crushed, and they turned into a pile of meat in an instant.

"Stone ...... Boss, what kind of hell is it? Ruan Si's face turned completely blue, not frozen, but frightened.

"I ...... How the do I know? "Even if it hasn't increased to its top speed after turning, and it's still a headwind, it's a clipper like a flywheel battleship, how can it not outrun a big ship with 3,000 materials? Could it be that the ship caught fire and was faster?

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Before he could think clearly, a roar woke him up.

It turned out that after knocking over Shi Tian's flagship, those big ships launched a chase for other clippers, with Shi Tian's previous experience, how dare the pirates play a race? They all adopted another strategy, which was to use the flexibility of steering to avoid the collision of the big ship, which was not bad, except for Shi Tian's flagship, there were no more victims who were crushed.

But the matter was not over yet, and before the clippers who passed by the big ship could plan a counterattack strategy, a bunch of black things were thrown down on the deck of the big ship. With the exception of a few that missed the target and landed overboard, the others hit the target accurately. Then, it was the roar that Shi Tian heard.

"It's a firearm!" Looking at the pervasive gunsmoke, Shi Tian suddenly realized, but his reminder was a little late, the decks of several bombed ships were already empty, either thrown into the sea by the shock wave, or were blown to death, the rudder seemed to be out of order, and several ships could only emit black smoke, helplessly spinning on the sea, completely losing their combat effectiveness.

"Boss Shi, what should we do now?" Mourning Star finally didn't predict this time, but this problem also gave Shi Tian a headache.

"What to do? Cold salad, no matter what, hurry up and get out of here, otherwise you will really die. "Shi Tian is very wise, he knows that both sides will not give up, and this sea area will soon become very dangerous.

...... "How so?" The same question appeared in the hearts of many people, from the joy of all the hits, to the vanguard being beaten to pieces, only less than a stick of incense passed. Although there was no tangible experience of Shi Tian and the others, the sight-catching scene was enough to shock everyone in the coalition army.

"Don't panic!" Liang Cheng roared angrily, and he didn't know whether to reprimand his subordinates or yell at himself, but the effect was good, and he quickly calmed down, "This ship is weird, fast, the side is high, there are fireproof devices on the hull, and the people on it still have firearms, maybe there are other strange ......"

"Your Excellency...... All the ministries are waving banners and asking, how to deal with the enemy? Please show me. The herald ran over at an inopportune time, and happened to hear Liang Cheng's words, so his face also turned pale, but he couldn't help but report it, so he could only say it stubbornly.

"Don't get on the clipper, let Xu Dangjia lead the troops on both wings to protect the enemy's clippers from coming back to stir up the situation, although the enemy ships are strong, but after all, there are only ten ships, even if they can prevent fire, they can't stand so many crossbow salvos." Liang Cheng was determined to fight with all his might, he got up and shouted: "Pass my order, keep the formation, and the whole army will attack!" ”

Thousands of ships were full of sails, and the deck was full of people running around, some for ignition, some for aiming, and through the raging flames, Leng Sensen's crossbow arrows were aimed in unison.

The ten steamers were still silently emitting black smoke, and they turned their hulls firmly, and all of them aimed their sides at the surging plum blossom array.

(To be continued)