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"The terroir of this Zhancheng city, compared with the south of the Ming Jiangnan, really has a different flavor. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Stretching out his hand to hold down the side of the ship, Zhang Gui couldn't help but sigh softly, his eyes already on the undulating waves in the wind and the endless green fields.

It was as if there was no trace of autumn here, only the warm wind blowing from the land to the sea.

The people who were working hard in the paddy fields seemed to have noticed this black figure that suddenly appeared between the sea and the sky, and they walked towards the shore in surprise, but when they saw the red flags fluttering in the wind and the burly figures of the ships, they couldn't help but burst out one after another exclamations.

Soon, in the huge estuary and the surrounding paddy fields, there was no sign of anyone as far as the eye could see.

Soon, however, the soldier in charge of watching from the mast rang the bell, and the sailor soldier on the ship, who had been lazily watching the scenery, looked up in the direction of the mast soldier's finger almost at the same time.

A few small shadows appeared on the surface of the river, and soon more and more shadows of the boats behind were about enough, and it was not clear how many large and small boats were roaring along the river and rushing into the sea, but these dense boats that made people's scalps tingle were already very reluctant to be called boats, and it should be more appropriate to use the name "small boat".

If it weren't for the fact that there were real battle flags fluttering on these ships, and the people who controlled the ships were more or less holding blades in their hands, I am afraid that even if they were put in front of them, the soldiers of the Yizhou Navy Division would not believe that this was the enemy.

But no one laughed, and everyone subconsciously looked at Zhang Gui.

With a sneer, Zhang Guiyi waved his hand: "Pass a certain order, the forward fleet will concentrate on the bombardment of flying thunder artillery, be sure to disperse the other party, and the warships will distance themselves to prevent fraud, and at the same time pass the order to the left and right wings, it is impossible for the Zhenla Sailor Division to only have so many broken ships, otherwise it is arrogant to be called the 'first power in the South Seas', so it is very likely that this fleet is here to test, and there will be big ships to attack the left and right wings at that time, once it is lost, the two commanders will know the end!" ”

"No!" Several generals behind him responded at the same time, and Zhang Gui's general flag had already risen against the wind, and the drums shook the sky and the earth on the sea.

A row of warships lined up in front, their black muzzles pointed ahead, and the sun shone brightly on the silver guns. And between the flying thunder cannons, a bed crossbow is also slowly opened, the sailor soldiers are carefully tying the fire thistle to the arrow, although there is a flying thunder cannon, making the heavy bed crossbow look a little chicken, but in the face of such a dense enemy, sometimes it is still a bed crossbow giant arrow that can kill a lot of injuries, especially when the arrow is also tied to the fire thistle terrestris that can explode.

"General, look!" One of the soldiers pointed ahead in surprise.

The fleet, which had been coming quickly along the current, slowly stopped its pace and floated slowly at the junction of the river and the sea, but it did not move forward. Zhang Gui was stunned, and immediately shouted: "It's not good, tell the left and right wings, be careful of the fireboat!" ”

Before the words were spoken, the countless ships at the mouth of the river suddenly accelerated again, but instead of following the main river straight to the huge fleet on the sea not far away, they went directly to the flanks of the fleet from the two tributaries of the delta at the mouth of the river.

These Zhenla ships are not to attract the attention of the Daming Sailors, but to outflank the two wings by virtue of the Daming Sailors' contempt for these ships for a while!

"Good time!" Zhang Gui sneered.

Being able to come up with such a trick shows that the Zhenla people in charge of command still have some skills.

However, they underestimate the Great Ming Water Master too much.

The left and right flank warships, which were originally waiting for the main force of the Zhenla Naval Division, quickly dispersed at the same time, and in the face of such an opponent who was likely to carry a fireboat, it was best to keep enough distance between the ships, so that the power of the Flying Thunder Cannon, the bed crossbow and the trebuchet could be maximized.

The war drums echoed on the open sea, and the warships changed formations skillfully and flexibly, and the speed of the staggered back and forth was not even inferior to those Zhenla clippers that went downstream.

The flags on the two wings of the warship fell at the same time, and the heavens and the earth seemed to be solemn at this moment.

Hundreds of flying thunder cannons and more trebuchets and bed crossbows roared at the same time, and the warships that had been shaken moved sideways on the water in some embarrassment, and the calm sea was heavily rowed by the hull, and the white waves crashed against the behemoth on the sea.

"Boom!" A sudden thud put an end to the chilling roar in the sky.

On the violently shaking warship, you can clearly see countless columns of water rising in the air, covering all the sight, those overwhelming, the huge Zhenla clipper, some of them were hit by explosives packets, the raging fire has ignited everything, and there is no standing figure on the ship; while others were violently overturned by the waves and water columns, and the real soldiers who did not even have clothes and armor on their bodies jumped into the water in a panic; What's more, the clipper was stabbed by a roaring giant arrow, and two or three soldiers on the ship were pierced through the chest by the arrow, but the giant arrow did not stop, and it actually carried the people on the boat straight into the fast boat not far away, and the fire thistle terrestris, which had been burned out, exploded at this moment.

Between heaven and earth, there is only blood.

This time, without Zhang Gui's order, the warships on the left and right wings have been adjusted again, a row of warships stayed, and continued to bombard with flying thunder cannons and bed crossbows, and most of the warships have slowly moved forward, and the soldiers on the ship skillfully moved away from large equipment such as bed crossbows and flying thunder cannons, and one by one they have clenched the divine arm crossbows in their hands, aiming at those real soldiers who are struggling on the water.

"Sea ship, sea ship!" Suddenly, an exclamation came, and more than a dozen sea ships appeared in the rear of the Daming Navy Division warships, but compared with these Navy Division warships, the comers were still quite small in size after all, and it was obviously the first time to face such an opponent, and those sea ships had already begun to throw stone projectiles before they could close the distance.

Zhang Gui frowned, looking at the water column that was still some distance away from the Chinese fleet, these Zhenla people were too flustered. However, before he came back to his senses and ordered the Chinese fleet to turn around to meet the enemy, there was another exclamation from the mast, and a fleet appeared on the river in the distance again, but compared with the chaotic fleet before, this time there were all warships, and there were more than a dozen fast boats going down the river in front of the warships.

"Fireship? Attacking from both sides? Interesting! A rare smile flashed at the corner of Zhang Gui's mouth, this Zhenla can dominate Nanyang, and sure enough, he still has a hand, but his ability is limited to this! At the moment, this general, who has been working hard at sea for a year, meticulously gave an order, "Order, the forward fleet entangles the enemy so that it cannot approach the left and right flanks, and the Chinese army and the rear flotilla turn around to meet the enemy!" ”

The sailor's fleet slowly turned around on the sea, and the sergeants shouted in the hot wind to push the flying thunder cannons and bed crossbows up and aim at the enemy in front of them. And Zhang Gui also rolled up his sleeves and strode to the ship's building: "Go forward to meet the enemy!" ”

The drums of war rumbled again, and the flotilla in the rear, while protecting the grain carriers behind, lined up on the sea, aimed at the enemy who was getting closer and closer. Obviously, the Zhenla people had never seen such a way of fighting before, after all, for them, the Flying Thunder Cannon or even the bed crossbow were a distant and inaccessible existence, and it was already thankful that a ship could be equipped with a trebuchet.

The Zhenla fleet ushered in the baptism of flying thunder cannons in the midst of astonishment, and the column of water that rushed to the sky and the wind swept across the sea directly shook many soldiers on the deck to the ground. The calm sea seemed to change its face in an instant, and the tumbling waves rolled up high, slapping heavily on the warship, and the Zhenla warships shook in such a sudden blow, even the veterans who had been baptized by the wind and frost at sea for many years couldn't help but be terrified when they saw such a scene.

"Boom!" Several explosive packs hit the ship flying the flag at the same time, and blood-red flames rose from the ship almost instantly. Most warships will apply fireproof paint to the hull in order to prevent fire, but this smooth paint is impossible to appear on the deck where people usually walk around, so when the explosive pack begins to explode and burn, the ship's wooden deck is also caught in the raging fire.

As the largest of the many warships in Zhenla, the flames on this ship burned half of the sky, and even in the distant estuary, you can clearly see the billowing black smoke.

The rest of the Zhenla warships also suffered a lot of losses, but at most they caught fire, and there really weren't any of them that were almost burned out like this. This can only be blamed on the huge size of this flagship, which is too eye-catching, so many gunners of the Daming Naval Division invariably aimed at it.

There is nothing wrong with sinking the largest ship first.

Because the anchor had been lowered in advance, the warships in the rear compartment shook slightly. The waves were surging, and Zhang Gui's flagship took the lead, speeding between the two rear warships, and dozens of oars on both sides of the warship cut heavily into the water at the same time, stirring up more waves.

Turning the rudder fiercely, Zhang Gui's face also showed a fierce expression at this moment, and the warship that chopped the waves turned violently against the wind, and actually hit the front of the warship in the back compartment, like performing an almost perfect drift on the water.

"Quick, drop anchor!" One of the men let go of the railing he had just grabbed and ran quickly to the anchor chain not far away, while more soldiers untied the ropes holding the bed crossbow and the flying thunder cannon in place, and the explosive bag and the giant arrow had been removed from the cabin.

The warship, which was originally swaying with the waves, slowly stabilized, and because it was an estuary, it was not far from the coast, so the large iron anchor could easily touch the bottom of the sea and drag the warship. And the bed crossbow and flying thunder cannon on the side of the warship were already aimed at the panicked Zhenla warship.

As the most elite component of the entire Yizhou Naval Division, the Chinese warships have repeated the actions made by the flagship just now, one by one, but after all, not everyone can reach the point of Zhang Gui, so those warships are a lot slower, but in the end, they are all in place accurately.

That's enough!

The thunderbolts and bed crossbows roared at the same time, and the warships in the rear took advantage of this opportunity to raise anchor and raise their sails, and everything went smoothly, and these small number of warships quickly swept out of their gaps when the Chinese warships bombarded, and headed straight for the Zhenla fleet that was caught in the raging waves and fire.

At the same time, the left and right flank flotillas are no longer entangled with those tattered boats, and are slowly closing the team, converging towards the middle, after all, the front compartment is out to deal with the enemy on the river, and the middle army and the rear compartment are concentrated backwards, at this time there is a blank in the middle of the Daming Naval Division, if the left and right wings do not shrink, once the Zhenla fleet takes advantage of the loophole, it threatens the rear of the battlefield in all directions.

The dense and short drum beat gradually subsided on the sea, and the originally rising waves and smoke also dissipated, and the situation on the sea and sky battlefield has undergone incredible changes.

As for the floating boats and sampans on both sides, without the speed of the impact along the river just now, there is no need to worry. The Zhenla Sailor Division, which launched a stormy attack from four directions, is now left with only those big ships on the river and the strength to fight.

Zhang Gui's flagship did not participate in the big battle at sea, and the Zhenla sailors, who had experienced the baptism of flying thunder cannons, bed crossbows and trebuchets, were already difficult to compete with the rear fleet at sea, and now the main opponents were those fireships that went downstream, and once they were allowed to rush into the formation, they would have to lose five or six warships.

These warships of the Daming Naval Division are all real sea ships, which are more time-consuming and laborious to build than ordinary river boats and even building ships, so Zhang Gui does not allow these small fireships to threaten these big ships under his command, even if they win at that time, they are no different from failure, and the Daming Naval Division will no longer have the courage to go upstream.

So what Zhang Gui wants is an absolute and overwhelming victory.

The subdued drum reverberated on the sea again, and the left and right warboxes that had been gathered slowly turned their bows and pressed against the left and right sides of the front compartment respectively. The Chinese warships left a few protection grain ships, and the rest were slowly pressed together.

"Your Highness once said that this kind of combat method can give full play to the maximum power of the Flying Thunder Cannon, so you might as well give it a try today." Zhang Gui squinted his eyes and looked at the queue of warships slowly unfolding in front of him.

And if you look down from the sky at this time, the Zhenla warships rushing down the river are densely clustered in the river, and the warships of the Daming Naval Division have already placed a horizontal formation at the mouth of the river, from this end of the estuary to that end, all the warships are anchored in unison, and the swarthy muzzles are aimed at the enemy on the river. At the same time, the entire array also has some arc, so that all the warships can pour all their firepower at any enemy ship that appears at the mouth of the river at the first time.

In accordance with the method that Ye Yingwu once said, the Daming Sailor just happened to seize the "T" prefix horizontal position, and in the modern maritime artillery tactics, the formation that can almost determine the success or failure of the victory and defeat was displayed in front of the world in time and space seven hundred years ago.

Exhaling softly, Zhang Gui looked up at the sky.

The drums stopped abruptly.

All the flying thunder cannons, at this moment, face the enemy, roar!

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"The Yizhou Sailor and the Zhenla Sailor fought at the mouth of the river, and the Velvet Commander was defeated, and only a few ships escaped?" Zhang Shijie looked at the battle report that was submitted, and a smile flashed across the corner of his mouth, "Zhang Gui really has some ability, and he didn't disappoint someone after all." ”

The old man standing next to him stretched out his hand and stroked his beard: "This battle was originally expected, and it is not surprising that the sailor won a big victory, and now the old man is worried, but the remaining two roads, after all, the left army needs to meet the main force of Zhenla, and the right army is even if it is combined with the people of Zhancheng, if it wants to conquer Hengshan Pass, how can it be so easy, Zhenla has the courage to move the main force westward, and must have high hopes for Hengshan Pass." ”

Zhang Shijie frowned: "Li Shuzhang's ability is not bad, I'm afraid a Hengshan Pass can't stop him." Commander Yang should not be too worried. ”

As soon as the words changed, Zhang Shijie immediately arched his hand at Yang Feng: "But this time, I can control the situation of the left and right road armies at any time, and the six doors and the brocade guard are indispensable, so thank you here." ”

Yang Feng waved his hand: "Zhang Xianggong is polite, for the ministers of the king, for the king's affairs, the six doors and the brocade guard are loyal to His Royal Highness the King of Ming, since it is for the Ming Dynasty to conquer Zhenla, we should do our best." ”

Seeing that Yang Feng began to play officially, Zhang Shijie didn't say much, after all, no one doubted the loyalty of the six doors and Jinyiwei, the only descendant of the Yang family and Yang Feng's nieces were already Ye Yingwu's pillow people, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that Zhang Shijie and Yang Feng were able to climb up to relatives.

Thinking of something, Yang Feng suddenly spoke: "This time His Royal Highness is on a tour of the south, Zhang Xianggong should have also received the news, Zhang Xianggong thinks that His Highness is coming south this time, what is it for?" ”

Zhang Shijie was stunned for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "There are many barbarians in Nanyang, just by virtue of a certain military department, it is no longer possible to control the situation, and the Yizhou naval division is now mainly gathered to deal with Zhenla, and for a while, other warships cannot be drawn out to conquer many island countries in Nanyang, so His Royal Highness's southern tour must be for the rapid stability of Nanyang, which is reasonable and reasonable." ”

Yang Feng smiled and paced in front of Zhang Shijie with his hands: "Zhang Xianggong can't help but think about things too simply. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Shijie raised his eyebrows.

"Your Highness came this time, Mingli is for the South Seas, and behind his back, he actually wants to deal with Mongolia." Yang Feng said in a deep voice, "If the real dragon doesn't leave, the northern golden eagle, where does it have the courage to stir up trouble." (To be continued.) )