Without giving the opponent time to react, the fleet launched the first wave of attacks.

All the ships immediately turned sideways, and then the eight-bull crossbows on the side of the ship began to wield, and the crossbowmen quickly adjusted the direction of their shots, and then smashed down the bracket with great force. Still a saturated attack with three arrows, the arrows whistled across the clear sky, tilting the Greek fire, which represented death, onto the heads of enemy ships.

The Greek fire does not need to be lit beforehand, so the power of the Eight Ox Crossbow can be used to the limit, and if the Sky Thunder Arrow is used, each Eight Ox Crossbow can only fire one arrow at a time to avoid accidents. The moment hundreds of huge arrows fell, the fleet that was preparing to leave the port burst into flames.

The flotilla was extremely dense, so it was easiest to attack, and after a single salvo, the entire flotilla was completely enveloped in smoke and fire. The deck was full of flames, and the flames rushed into the ship through the holes in the side of the ship, and ignited the interior of the cabin.

The sailors of the Hussein family did not react at all, and found themselves in a sea of fire, and for a while they were also in chaos. The blazing flames ignited the sails and masts, igniting everything on board that stuck to the body and could not be shaken off. The thick smoke came to their nostrils, and the sailors ran wildly on the deck, and fell down as they ran, and fell into the water in a panic, but they still could not escape for their lives.

There were several fleets preparing to leave the port, and there were even more fleets loading and unloading goods in the distance, and people were stunned to see this sudden scene.

One of the overlords of Basra City, one of the largest fleets of the Hussein family, was actually in a desperate situation under an attack by this mysterious fleet!

Almost instantly, the fleet was completely out of control. No one tried to control any of the ships anymore, and the sailors fled with miserable screams in the fireworks. Then they fell down one by one.

The weapon used by this fleet is Greek fire!

It's nothing, Greek fire is not a secret these days, although it is expensive, but the big families with large fleets basically have their own recipes, although the effect will be a little different. However, it is also the same overall. Just like the Hussein family, they are going to Guangzhou in the East this time to do business, and they must have carried a lot of Greek fire on board.

As if to prove their judgment, a sinking Hussein family's ship suddenly burst into flames from its cabin, enveloping the entire ship. Obviously, it was the river water pouring into the cabin, and the container containing the Greek fire in the turbulence was broken, and the Greek fire burst into flames when the water burst into flames, which made such a terrifying sound.

Greek fire is really not a big secret, but this method can project Greek fire so far. But I have never encountered it. In order to ignite the opponent's sea ship in battle, you must get close enough, the Eastern Romans used a nozzle to spray Greek fire, and the big cannibals learned the recipe of Greek fire, but did not master the method of nozzle fire, so they were all thrown in clay bottles. There were some simple machines, but it was impossible to project Greek fire over such a distance.

Looking at the fleet of the Hussein family struggling in the fireworks, the people in the port were extremely shocked. Such a fleet, albeit small. But it's a nightmarish existence. Many people looked at the fleet of the Aziz family, which had retreated to the side, and saw Aziz on the deck with a look of schadenfreude mixed with shock. At this time, they suddenly felt how wise the Aziz family's retreat was.

"Haha! Don't be arrogant now! ”

The sailors looked at Aziz with admiration, and Aziz looked at the fleets sinking one after another not far away, and his heart was extremely happy. The people of the Hussein family thought they were powerful, but in fact they were all fools, and they lost this fleet. The strength should be reduced by at least half.

In fact, he was also frightened enough by the attack of the Tang fleet, and after coming back to his senses, he felt extremely fortunate and a little afraid. Among the fleets that were about to leave the port just now, his fleet was at the front, if he had reacted a little slower just now. Then the one that is sinking at the moment is his own ship.

On the Tang army's side, after completing an attack, all the ships quickly turned around and put the other side of the ship in the harbor. Niu Xu stood at the bow of the ship, squinting at the fleet struggling in the fireworks, and did not continue to attack. Because there is no longer a need, this fleet is already finished.

For this Basra port, Niu Xu also learned a lot of information from Uncle Xiaoma, this port has not been opened for a long time, probably during the Wude period, and the history of the Tang Dynasty is about the same, and it is more than a hundred years. The port was built so well that it could berth hundreds of seagoing ships, a remarkable achievement of the Umayyad dynasty. The port is basically still water, and it is very easy to get out of the port and enter the port.

This information is not wrong, and now that he has personally brought the fleet here, he is indeed presented with a port with calm water, where the great river does not flow slowly, but the port has been carefully built, and the water is extremely quiet. Now a large area of the river is burning not far ahead, but the flames are spreading very slowly, and there is basically no possibility of threatening our own fleet.

The flotilla was finished, and Niu Xu looked at the other flotillas that were about to leave the port, all of which had stopped, and there were many sailors on deck, all watching the fierce flames.

Niu Xu waved his hand, and the sound of the horn sounded abruptly around him, spreading towards the entire harbor. The language barrier and the distance are far away, and he reminded those guys in this way not to watch the excitement anymore, and they must make a choice as soon as possible.

The language barrier was indeed a big problem, and the sound of the horn could not convey any meaning, but it only made the people in the fleet react, and at this time they realized that they were also in danger, and immediately became extremely panicked, and hurriedly maneuvered the ships to retreat towards the harbor. There is no way out in the harbor, but there are more ships in the sea, and after retreating, it is not the fleet that faces itself, but all the ships in the harbor face this catastrophe together.

Niu Xu sighed, this can't blame himself.

All the ships were within the range of the Eight Bull Crossbows, and with the wave of the flagship Fufeng Command, the Eight Bull Crossbowmen on the side of the ship on this side immediately attacked. Huge arrows tied to Greek clay vases whistled out and flew towards several fleets. Then several places in the harbor were on fire at the same time, and several fleets were caught in flames at the same time.

There was no suspense, and the few fleets that did not think of surrendering were in a desperate situation. Not all ships were set on fire directly. However, most of them, the ships that were lucky not to be ignited were surrounded by flames, the Greek fire that fell on the surface of the sea and burst, and it was not long before these ships were also burning violently.

Defend against off-zone strikes, this is the concept after a thousand years. Such a way of fighting. It's simply bullying. More than a dozen Tang warships were heavily armed, but the opponents were nothing more than some merchant ships with extremely low military force. This is the least effort to fight, and it is also the safest way to fight.

In the quiet port of Basra, the flames rose on the water in the port area, the Hussein family fleet had completely disappeared, and only some scattered ship planks were still burning on the water, while in other places around, the flames had just been ignited and were raging wildly on the big ship.

More than a dozen mysterious ships with skull flags lined up. It lies across the channel of departure. In the harbor, the people on the ships that were still moored on the dock, as well as the people on the shore, were all watching this scene.

But Greek fire.

It's nothing more than Greek fire.

It's not a strange thing.

However, in the hands of this fleet, it is so powerful.

……

The flames were extinguished, and calm returned to the water.

On the way forward, there is no longer a flame to stop it. A dozen mysterious ships turned around and slowly approached the dock.

See this scene. The people on the boat rushed to the shore. Everyone knows that Greek fires burn when they meet water, and people don't want to stay on ships and die at this time.

Most of the sailors fled, and there were some old sailors and terrified shipowners who remained on board, the old sailors were reluctant to give up their boats, and the owners were reluctant to give up their own ships, but there were still differences in the mood of the two.

Of course, there are commonalities. That's despair.

And then what happened made them even more desperate.

There are many ships on the dock, and at the moment the sailors on board are running to the shore, so the shore is crowded with people. Many people accidentally fell to the ground, and the people behind them stepped on it directly. On the side of the Don fleet. At the bow of more than a dozen sea ships, the eight bull crossbows shot a long arrow at the same time.

This time, it was the newly shipped Heavenly Thunder Arrow.

The distance is not far away, and the bow position is all new-style eight-bull crossbows, so the quasi-head is naturally excellent. The length of the lead was cut just right, and the moment the giant arrow landed on the dock, the gunpowder bag on the arrow exploded instantly.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" ……

More than a dozen granulated gunpowder packets weighing two catties exploded almost at the same time, and violent waves of air swept in all directions, and the terrifying energy storm hit the weak bodies of the people, and suddenly the flesh and blood flew and screamed again and again, I don't know how many people fell.

After a volley, the docks were in shambles, littered with corpses lying on the ground. The bare and unsheltered object, coupled with the extremely dense crowd, allowed the power of the Heavenly Thunder Arrow to be exerted to the limit. This salvo was filled with hundreds of people on the dock, many of whom were not dead for the time being, but they could no longer hear anything, and they were covered in blood and screaming loudly, looking quite miserable.

This salvo is also for Liwei.

Compared with the Greek fire familiar to the Persians, the attack effect of the Heavenly Thunder Arrow may not be better, but it is more shocking. The unknown is the most terrifying thing that makes people just arrive, and this is the truth that can not be wrong at any time.

The Tianlei Arrow has only recently equipped the Anxi Army, and the expeditionary force is still thousands of miles away from catching and drinking, that is, it has just obtained a batch, so Niu Xu cherishes it very much and will not use it at will. However, if you are new to the city, it is a must if you want to take control of the city as soon as possible.

There was great confusion on the docks, but by this time the fleet had stopped and turned the ship sideways again. (To be continued......)

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