On January 11, Li Cunhuan didn't expect to see the land so soon, but he obviously took the wrong path. However, Li Cunhuan omitted one thing, that is, he didn't have to find someone to ask where he came.

Looking around, a big river comes from the east, and the monstrous river is rushing endlessly. Idiots also know that this is the Yangtze River.

Li Cunhuan patted his head and said, "I'm restless today!" ”

Zhu Jilong, who was standing on Li Cunhuan's side, couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "What does Your Highness mean by this?" Looking around, there seems to be no enemy either! The army turned to the north to Huainan! ”

Wang Maozhang smiled: "That's on the surface! Huainan sailors naturally pay attention to the Yangtze River, but don't forget who Huainan's long-cherished enemy is! ”

"Qian Biao!" Zhu Jilong replied casually, then turned his face to look at Wang Maozhang, and asked suspiciously, "What about this?" ”

"Qian Biao occupies eastern Zhejiang, and there are many small rivers in the territory, so in order to suppress King Wu, Qian Biao can only train more naval troops at sea. At the same time, in order to prevent King Wu from sneaking attack, there are many beacon towers near the mouth of the Yangtze River! In Changzhou, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, there is a water division. No. Yangtze River Water Division. As soon as Wang Maozhang's words fell, he saw a wolf smoke rushing into the sky.

Li Cunhuan smiled: "Your mouth is really a crow's mouth!" “

"Speaking of crow's mouth, the last general is not comparable to Luo Zhao's advice! And he seems to be an official under Qian Biao! Wang Maozhang touched his chin and muttered.

"Luo Zhaoji?" Li Cunhuan asked suspiciously, wondering in his heart, what kind of character is this, could it be the southern general? That's not right! The most powerful in the south should be Gu Quanwu! This Luo Zhao said that it was a crow's mouth, and he must have seen things very accurately, and it was estimated that he was the mastermind of Qian Biao's subordinates, and he had the opportunity to recruit him.

However, Li Cunhuan didn't have time to think about it and inquire carefully, and more than 30 warships had already surged out at the mouth of the Yangtze River, like sharks smelling blood, and the speed was very fast. Probably because of the sea, among the more than 30 warships, at a glance, there are at least five floors. There are more than a dozen sea falcon ships, and the rest of Li Cunhuan doesn't know what kind of ship it is.

However, they couldn't help but be surprised when they saw the navy under Li Cunhuan's command, Li Cunhuan's navy was all active at sea, and the least of them were sea falcon ships. There were also forty-two sailors, one hundred and eight soldiers, and three degrees of fresh water and food. Six hundred. On the river, this is already considered a medium and large warship.

"Your Highness, Han Du commanded the envoy to come over there with a banner, do you want to send someone to negotiate peace with the other party!" The soldier standing on the lookout lowered his head and shouted with a megaphone.

Li Cunhuan shook his head and said, "What to talk about!" Don't look at Yang Xingmi and Qian Biao fighting to life or death, I can't wait to tear each other to pieces, but if I know that this king is coming, I will cooperate immediately! Qian Biao will still know the truth of cold lips and cold teeth! ”

When Wang Maozhang heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked in surprise, "Won't it?" When the last general was in Huainan, he had seen King Wu roaring a few times to kill Qian Biao, and every time the front line lost the battle, the broken ceramics cursed Qian Biao I don't know how many times. It is said that King Wu once asked the craftsman to carve a wooden figure according to the portrait of Qian Biao, which is exactly the same as Qian Biao, lifelike! And after King Wu made it, King Wu asked people to move it to the backyard of his home immediately, and the statue had just been put down, and King Wu had already picked up the waist knife and chopped it into sawdust, so he stopped! But I don't know if it's true or not! ”

Li Cunhuan said with a smile: "This thing is probably not true, and it is not far off." But it is important to know that the interests of the state are above the joys and sorrows of any one. Otherwise, the country will not be far from extinction! And whether it is Qian Biao and Yang Xingmi, there is no possibility that they will not see this! ”

"What does Your Highness mean?" Wang Maozhang asked hesitantly.

"Hit! And you have to beat this water division who is crippled by Qian Di, so as not to get in the way! Li Cunhuan decisively ordered.

When Zhu Jilong heard this, he immediately shouted to the soldiers on the lookout to convey Li Cunhuan's order, but because of the strong wind at sea, he shouted three times before the soldiers above could hear clearly. Li Cunhuan couldn't help frowning, not that he was dissatisfied with the soldiers on the lookout. Instead, I pondered how to solve this communication problem, and suddenly remembered that the ancient Western naval navigation system remembered that there seemed to be copper pipes as communication equipment to connect various important cabins, such as boilers and other places, and the sound transmission effect seemed to be good. However, this matter will not be talked about until this war is over.

However, Li Cunhuan was afraid that he would forget, so he called the secretary Park Jinghui to write it down.

Li Cunhuan was still in the mood to ponder the matter of communication, but Wu Yueshuishi over there was shocked. Neither advance nor retreat!

"General, this ...... Isn't that what the hell is going on? Where did the sailors come from? It doesn't look like it's the East China Sea Division stationed in Yuju in Huainan! ”

(Note: Yuzhou, now Lianyungang.) ）

"Nonsense, how Ben Shuai doesn't know!" Du Ling, who was the assassin of Changzhou and the Yangtze River sailor, rebuked angrily, and he was also upset.

This beacon tower lit a beacon fire, and although he was notified that a great enemy was coming, he thought it was the East China Sea Division stationed in Yuju. Because Yuzhou is suspended overseas, as well as Shandong in the north and Jianghuai in the south, Yang Xingmi specially set up a naval army. Because of the sea, there are many ships, but they are larger than the average sailor ship as a whole. Moreover, the people of Yuzhou are fierce, and they have always been the main force in harassing Wu Yue in Huainanhai. But where did this sailor come from right now?

After a long time, seeing that no one spoke, the general who had just spoken boldly asked, "General, is it time to fight or retreat?" Or send someone over. ”

When Du Ling heard this, he gritted his teeth and said: "Send someone over to see what the other party is from, even if it is a beating, you can't beat it without knowing it." ”

"Huh! General, you see, the other side hangs out the flag! One of the soldiers beside him suddenly pointed straight ahead and said in a lost voice.

Du Ling took a closer look, and really hung out the flag, but now in the morning, the sun has risen in the east, the sun has not risen before, and there is nothing in the field of vision, and now it has suffered, Du Ling's eyesight is a little worse, and he can't see clearly at all. And the sunlight pierced into the eyes like an arrow, making people feel pain, and hurriedly closing their eyes, which is a little better.

Du Ling rubbed his eyes, and suddenly lost his voice and said, "Oops! ”

"What's wrong, General!" The generals around him were all puzzled, and they must know that Du Ling was not an ordinary general, but a general of Wu Yue. At the beginning, Dong Chang started from the eight capitals, among which Qian Biao, Gu Quanwu, Du Ling, etc. were all soldiers and horses of the eight capitals. If this is the seniority, when Qian Biao attacked Dong Chang, Yang Xingmi sent the generals Tian Hao (yun) and An Renyi to attack Qian Biao's hometown Hangzhou in order to save Dong Chang. At that time, it was only a hundred miles away from Hangzhou, and Du Ling built a city on the mountain here, blocking the attack of Tian Hao and An Renyi, and killing more than 1,000 enemies, protecting Qian Di's lair. So his bad voice is probably not ordinary.

As soon as Du Ling opened his mouth, everyone was terrified. "Now the mouth of the Yangtze River is wide, which is suitable for large warships. The sun rises in the east, especially now, almost directly on our soldiers. Aim at the enemy and help them at the right time, it is difficult to kill the enemy at all! ”

"This!" The generals were stunned, feeling that they were not on the boat now, but ants on a hot pot,

"Withdraw!" Du Ling ordered decisively.

"General, I'm afraid it's too late to retreat! Enemy Yang Fan attack! A general pointed to the sea and said in a panic.

I saw that the huge fleet divided into more than 30 warships, like hungry wolves, and although the hull was large, the speed was not slow at all. Maybe God has the heart to help, although the wind speed is not fierce at this time, but it happens to be a southeast wind. The huge battleship happened to be rushing by the wind. More than a dozen large oars on both sides, like the feet and legs of a centipede, waved quickly, shooting snow-white waves on the clear blue sea. The battleship has already picked up speed.

"General, return is not refunded!" A general asked in a panic.

"Hair back! The enemy is killed, the other party is downwind, after we turn the bow of the ship, we will go against the current for a while, it is estimated that just turn the bow of the ship can not walk a few steps before the other party catches up, rather than sell the back, it is better to fight to the death. Du Ling said viciously.

"However, the enemy has almost two hundred warships!" A general said in a trembling voice.

"What are you afraid of! Didn't you see that the battleship behind them had a rather deep draft! It must be carrying a lot of military rations, except for the enemy ships that rushed over, there were at most ten warships left behind to protect the troop carriers and grain carriers. I don't dare to come here, I'm afraid that we will kill you! ”

"But!"

"Don't! Blow the trumpet, beat the drums of war! The whole army is on the offensive! Du Ling pushed away the general who wanted to say something, and shouted loudly.

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! ……”

Hearing the sound of drums and horns, Wu Yue's navy and the whole army shouted in unison, and the sound soared into the sky, and the momentum was very majestic.

"There are generals in Wu Yue's water division! Good morale! Li Cunhuan, who had already come to the lookout, couldn't help but sigh.

Wang Maozhang clenched the handrail with a blue face, and secretly glanced down from time to time, and said tremblingly: "Look... Look at the flag... Should... Should be... It's Du Ling! ”

When Li Cunhuan saw Wang Maozhang's appearance, he couldn't help but feel a little funny. No one would have thought that Wang Maozhang, who can be literate and martial, wise and brave, actually has fear of heights. After climbing up to the lookout, the whole person became very nervous, and his hands clutched the wooden handrails. But it is no wonder that the lookout was built on a mast on which the sails were hung, and it was also the tallest one, and the lookout from the deck to the top of the mast was twenty-one feet high. In other words, it is twenty-one stories high. In ancient times, the three-story building was already the highest, and the twenty-one-story building can be imagined for Wang Maozhang, who has always been accustomed to land, what a terrifying height it is. Not to mention being higher above the sea.

"Don't look at it, the more you look at it, the more scared you become, isn't there still a rope?" Li Cunhuan pointed to the rope tied to the waist of the two, the rope was only thinner than the baby's arm, and with the protection of this rope, even if you wanted to jump the 'building', it would be difficult.

After Wang Maozhang was stabilized by Li Cunhuan, he was also a little relieved and smiled awkwardly, but his arm still grabbed the handrail.

Li Cunhuan also ignored Wang Maozhang, and picked up clairvoyance to observe the war.

The battle on the sea has just begun, and the coach is Wang Jian. Although Wang Jian's Dengzhou Sailor was not the strongest among Lu Long's three Sailors, it was the weakest. First, Lu Long's naval army has already doomed his status, the naval army is not a naval division, and Li Cunhuan's old nest Lu Long is used as a military number to defend the entire Bohai Sea. And the East Sea Division has been working to quell the rebellion all these years, that is, the Baekje soldiers who fled to Jeju Island and the southeastern islands of the Korean Peninsula, and the Silla soldiers on the northeastern islands of the Korean Peninsula.

Fighting often, it is natural to get the political inclination. However, the Dengzhou Navy Division under Wang Jian should not be underestimated, because Wang Jian originally led troops to join Wang Shifan, and then let Li Cunhuan take over. The soldiers under his command are veterans brought over from Goguryeo, and they all have more than ten or twenty years of military experience. Combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

The ballistas were the first to attack, and the shells that had just started were only for ranging, so they all used stone shells that weighed about the same weight as the oil bombs, so as not to waste the expensive Black Cloud Capital. The shells whistled and headed towards the enemy. The two bed crossbows at the front of the battleship's deck also fired bolts the size of short spears.

"Put!" Wu Yue's Yangtze River sailors were not to be outdone, they did not have Lu Longjun's technology, and the trebuchet was very primitive, and it was projected using the tenacity of the pole. The other end is to cooperate with soldiers or horses and sheep to pull the pole into an 'N' shape, at this time a soldier armed with a knife and axe will break the rope, and the stone bullet will shoot out vigorously. Therefore, the largest trebuchet in ancient times actually required 250 people to work, which is an unbelievable thing in modern times. The smaller ones are also similar to the method, the difference is that one or two soldiers pull the rope, there is no need to fix the rope on the ground, the other end of the pole is naturally pulled by the soldier, and after a certain extent, the soldier lets go.

Because of the backwardness of trebuchets, trebuchets were only set up on large warships, and there were not many of them, and the main means of attack was to project fire oil onto enemy warships. So all the shots were crossbows.

But the Dengzhou sailors are different, with the help of ballistas, it is simply like a tiger with wings, and the damage area caused by a stone projectile is two or three times that of a crossbow shot by an ordinary bed crossbow. If you hit the waterline, then some of the other party is in trouble. As a result, the Dengzhou Navy Division fell into disadvantage in the first confrontation.

"Paralyzed! Is the eight-bow crossbow well equipped? Du Ling shouted angrily.

"Not yet, please wait a minute, General!" One of the soldiers replied without looking back, busily loading a huge bed crossbow with arrows.

"Paralyzed, if it weren't for the huge power of this big thing, Lao Tzu wouldn't be too lazy to use him!" Although Du Ling's mouth was fierce, his eyes were counting on the eight-bow crossbow.

Unlike inland river battles, Lu Longjun doesn't play broadside battles with you at all, of course, this is also due to the fact that you can't play the other party. In the final analysis, the world is still in the state of the south ship and the north horse, and there are not many people in the north who are familiar with the surname Shui. On the bumpy deck, it can be as stable as flat ground, and there are not many people who can swing weapons up and down.

In addition, there is another important reason, although Wang Jian doesn't know the weapon, he is not stupid, and when he sees the batters on both sides of the building ship and the fighting ship, he knows what it does. As the name suggests, several long bamboo poles are tied together with tough ropes, one fixed to the side of the boat, but can be moved up and down flexibly and slightly left and right. At the other end, a huge iron stone is tied, which is usually held high, and when the enemy comes to take over the battle, it will go down with a slap, and the slightly smaller warships will be smashed to pieces. You can also rush over when a certain battleship is entangled by the enemy and a broadside battle breaks out, and it is another slap on the opponent. Well, to be precise, it's not one stick, but depending on the size of the battleship, two to four sticks are shot at the same time.

Even a big ship like Li Cunhuan can't withstand a slap of the rod. Therefore, Wang Jiansuo carried forward the characteristics of many weapons in the distance, and played long-distance with the Yangtze River sailors from afar. It was just at the beginning, but then the Dengzhou sailor became familiar with it and replaced it with a few fire oil bombs filled with fierce fire oil. The shell of the fire oil bomb is very brittle, so when transporting it, it is necessary to use a small basket of wheat straw to cover the fire oil bomb, and stuff the wheat straw into the wooden box to avoid collision during transportation.

So once it is shot, regardless of whether it touches the battleship or not, it basically breaks when it falls into the water, and a small sea of fire immediately appears in the sea, and many battleships can't dodge it, and crashes into the sea of fire, and the oil is contaminated on the horizontal line, and the situation is even worse, even if the planks are not burned through, they will be a lot more brittle. The Yangtze River Sailor who killed Wu Yue had already suffered heavy damage to one fighting ship, and two sea falcon ships were sunk.

"Is the eight-bow crossbow done?" Du Ling roared angrily.

"That's it! Eight bows! Put! As soon as Du Ling's words fell, he heard a voice he had dreamed of.

Eight spears shot out with great intensity, no! It should not be called a spear, the diameter of the shaft is the size of a car axle, and the arrow is not a traditional spear head, but a half-moon shaped axe blade.

Two arrows fell into the water, and five of them struck a small Kun-class battleship in unison. Even though the outer wall of the Xiaohaikun-class battleship had been thickened, it could not withstand such a blow, and five potholes immediately appeared, and four soldiers could not dodge, and were either killed or crippled by the axe blade.

"What kind of weapon is this! So sharp! Li Cunhuan was stunned, there was a weapon in his army, called the winch crossbow, a giant crossbow with twelve stones, but the production materials were very harsh, after all, twelve stones. It can shoot seven arrows in one shot, each arrow is the size of a gun, and can shoot 700 steps and enter the wood 3 inches. Five hundred steps and three inches of steel plate can not resist. Originally, he already thought that this was powerful enough, and he didn't want to have such a terrifying power.

"It's an eight-bow crossbow!" Wang Maozhang couldn't care about being afraid of heights, Huo Ran straightened his waist and lost his voice.

"Eight-bow crossbow?" Li Cunhuan leaned into the clairvoyance, and when he saw the crossbow, he felt that the name was really appropriate, and eight big bows were stacked on top of each other.

"That's right, it's an eight-bow crossbow. Your Highness can know the winch crossbow! Wang Maozhang asked.

"Know! But the winch crossbow is not as powerful as this! There was a sour taste in Li Cunhuan's voice, he originally thought that the world's skilled craftsmen had not been collected by him. Lu Long's scientific and technological reserves are already the best in the world, and he couldn't imagine that Wu Yue's sailors actually had such sharp weapons. Fortunately, the target was the small sea kun, if it was a sea falcon ship, the luck was almost sunk, even if it was lucky, it was hit hard, and had to flee the battlefield, oh, it was a retreat!

"These eight-bow crossbows were made by Cui Hongdan, a master craftsman found by Wang Shichong during the Sui and Tang Dynasties! "Information Governance? There is a record of eight crossbows in the fourth year of Tang Gaozu Wude, 'arrows are like spokes (shafts), arrows are like giant axes, and they shoot five hundred steps. When Taizong was not yet the king of Qin, he besieged Luoyang Palace, attacking it from all sides, day and night, and did not resist for more than ten years. It can be seen that it is powerful, and after capturing Luoyang, Taizong killed the general Cui Hongdan to vent his anger. And this winch crossbow is said to be Li (Jing) Wei Gong according to the eight-bow crossbow transformation, but the bed crossbow is mostly used for city attack and defense, and the winch crossbow has a range of 200 steps more than the eight-bow crossbow, so there are not many people making it now. I don't want Qian Biao to come up with the idea that he used to install it on the ship! Wang Maozhang explained.

"Qian Biao has capable people under him, although the eight-bow crossbow is not as far as the winch crossbow, but it is more destructive than the winch crossbow against the warship. What's more, the attack and defense of different cities are fought at sea, and the offensive and defensive sides are basically fixed. But fortunately, it looks like Qian Biao doesn't have much equipment over there! That is, each building ship is equipped with an eight-bow crossbow! After Li Cunhuan took a closer look, he breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"The last general knew that it was also because of the information that came from the past, saying that Qian Biao called craftsmen to develop a new crossbow, and the last general was lucky to learn that in order to prevent the soldiers from meeting each other in the future, there was no preparation, so he looked it up, and then he knew that it was an eight-bow crossbow. I don't want Qian Biao to use him not on the city wall, but on the battleship, this idea is really clever! Wang Maozhang did not hesitate to praise the enemy at all.

"It's not as high as this king!" Li Cunhuan snorted coldly and said with a little disdain.

The eight-bow crossbow is certainly powerful, but Li Cunhuan has set up a lot of ballistas, and as long as the ballista changes some equipment, it can be changed to a short spear, and if it is a short spear, it can be three arrows at a time. Although the individual power is not as good as that of the eight-bow crossbow, it is faster than the archery. The most powerful thing is the winch crossbow equipped on the little sea kun.

Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo, described the power of the winch crossbow as follows: "The fortresses in the center were all destroyed, and the buildings were also upside down. ”

Li Cunhuan was still a little skeptical, but when he saw that a section of the female wall at the side of the enemy's building ship was shot by a winch crossbow and collapsed, and the soldiers hiding behind him were nailed to the deck, he knew that this power did not contain a little water.

The eight-bow crossbow is certainly powerful, the most powerful one. Eight crossbow bolts were fired, leaving eight pits the size of washbasins on the right side of a sea falcon, and the sea water poured in unstoppably, and after a period of hard stationing, the sea falcon ship finally sank. Fortunately, there were warships on one side to meet them, and the sea falcons also had a few lifeboats on board, but they did not cause too many casualties. After all, he also left a batch of sailors for Li Cunhuan.

But with the passage of time, Wu Yue's Yangtze River sailors couldn't bear it. Don't look at them, the sea falcons don't dare to approach in the direction of the building boat, and the building boat will flee in embarrassment when it gets closer, and they can't withstand a salvo of eight bows and crossbows. But the fire oil bombs on the Xiao Haikun and Shenwu-class battleships are very powerful, regardless of the cost, two building ships have been burned, and one building ship escaped, but was caught by three Shenwu-class battleships, two Shenwu-class locked the sides of the ship with iron hooks, and the back Shenwu-class avoided the beating stick and landed from behind, capturing this building ship. Even Du Ling's flagship is in jeopardy.

(To be continued)