In the face of Balhan's inquiry, Charlie Cao didn't think of any good way, if it was on land, even if this Marine Cavalry Division could not exert its combat effectiveness because of the terrain, it could calmly retreat to find a suitable space for the cavalry to exert its combat effectiveness and then fight with the army of the Eastern Roman Empire, but now it is at sea, compared to the Navy of the Eastern Empire, this Marine Cavalry Division is simply a child in terms of combat effectiveness, and the reason why the naval soldiers of the Eastern Roman Empire lost their helmets and abandoned their ships just now was completely because of surprise, Now that the naval soldiers of the Eastern Empire have stabilized their positions and counterattacked under the command of the officers, the Hun soldiers will not be able to resist, and if they do not want to come up with new methods and delay it, the battle situation will be extremely unfavorable to the Marine Cavalry Division.

Charlie Cao was about to shake his head when a strong wind blew from the strait outside the port, the black sea and the coastal areas often blow westerly winds, and the mouth of the port of Boiraz is facing the west, so once the west wind hangs, the wind here will be very strong.

Charlie Cao had a flash of inspiration in his mind, keenly aware that the opportunity had come, and he couldn't help laughing and said: "General, it seems that the heavens are helping us, and Poor Dao has a plan to help the general break the enemy, but Poor Dao wants to ask the general to promise Poor Dao one thing."

As soon as Balhan heard that Charlie Cao had a way, he was overjoyed, he didn't care if Charlie Cao asked him to agree to something, so he immediately agreed: "Okay, as long as this strategy of the Taoist chief can help General Ben break the enemy, General Ben will agree to your conditions!" ”

Charlie Cao sighed when he heard this: "How can I say that Poor Dao has also lived in this Constantinople for a few years, and I can't bear to see this ancient city razed to the ground. He also asked the general to promise not to kill unarmed civilians, slaves, and children in the city when the general's army entered the city. They are innocent, and they don't deserve it! ”

Balhan turned his head to look at Charlie Cao, and after a moment of silence, he agreed: "Okay, General Ben promised you, now please tell the Taoist chief your plan!" ”

Charlie Cao nodded and said, "General, the wind is blowing now." It was a westerly wind, so the general was asked to quickly order all the soldiers to be withdrawn, and then ordered the archers on the turrets of each warship to shoot rockets at the enemy ships. In addition, the stone throwers on each ship could not be idle, they could throw stones stained with fire oil, and then prepare some small boats full of flammable materials, ignite the flammable materials on the ship, and then push the small boats towards the enemy warships. As long as rockets and incendiary stones hit enemy ships. When a fireship approaches an enemy warship, the enemy's warship will inevitably catch fire, and with the help of the wind, all the enemy's warships will inevitably fall into a sea of fire, and I am afraid that even the buildings on the pier will not be spared......."

When Balhan heard this, his eyes lit up, and he thought that this trick was really poisonous, but he was not a compassionate person, so he immediately ordered: "Come here." Mingjin! order all the soldiers to withdraw their ships completely".

"Yes, General!" The herald immediately agreed. Then the earth-shattering gong sounded, and Mingjin was the gong struck, which was the order signal for the withdrawal of troops.

"Dangdangdang......" A gong sounded, and the Hun officers and soldiers who were trying to protect their battle results heard this voice.

"Mingjin, warriors, all retreat in an orderly manner!" The officers shouted for an orderly evacuation of their soldiers.

The Hun soldiers, who had already occupied most of the enemy ships, suddenly retreated, which made the Eastern Roman Empire naval soldiers who had just counterattacked stunned for a while, and they didn't know what happened to make these Hun soldiers retreat so quickly and orderly.

"Soldiers, the Huns are defeated, kill!" A centurion shouted at the sound of his weapon, and his men pursued the retreating Hun soldiers under his orders.

At this time on the shore of the quay, a large group of soldiers guarded a general, who wore an Athenian helmet with an ornate cheek armor on his head, and the helmet was inlaid with a star emblem symbolizing his family emblem, his armor was white with appliqués with gilt or brass color effects, the breastplate was fastened on both sides, and within the armor was a leather military tunic with linen stripes, and the dyed wool tunic was decorated with purple stripes and gold silk satin trimming. The scarlet robe he wore was nailed to leather armor with a gold buckle, a small dagger with a dead-like handle of an eagle's head was worn on his right side, his right hand held a spear used by a high-ranking officer, and on his feet he wore a pair of elaborate boots, which was the commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Eastern Roman Empire.

The Huns retreated quite strangely, they had an absolute advantage in numbers, and they occupied most of their own warships, how could they suddenly retreat? What was the reason for their sudden retreat? Hao Lunny thought so, and he immediately said to the people around him: "Go and ask the soldiers in the watchtower if there are any other fleets in the strait!" ”

"Yes, General!" The officer who answered immediately turned around and ran.

Although someone had been sent to inquire about the movement in the strait, but Hao Lunny did not give any orders, he finally stabilized his position and organized his troops to start a counterattack, and achieved certain results, recaptured a few warships, now is the time to take advantage of the victory to pursue, if the order is given to let the soldiers stop the pursuit, it is not to watch the Huns retreat gracefully? This is absolutely intolerable for him.

"Report - general, the Huns withdrew, they withdrew cleanly, and they abandoned all the captured warships, and they didn't ask for a single one, please give the general an order, do you want to continue the pursuit?" A herald ran over panting to report.

Hao Lunni was about to give an order, and at this time the officer who asked the watchtower came back, and reported that there was nothing in the strait, not to mention the fleet, even if there was not a single fishing boat, this time Hao Lunny really didn't know whether to order the pursuit or stop the pursuit and let the Huns escape, if the pursuit, he was worried that the Huns had a conspiracy, if the pursuit was stopped, he could only watch the Huns withdraw, and wait for the above to investigate after dawn, how to explain himself? In case someone provokes in front of the emperor, saying that he is afraid of war and is timid, he may not be able to protect his official position as a general.

Don't even want the captured warships, just retreat calmly? What the hell are the Huns up to? Hao Lunni thought for a moment and then ordered: "Continue the pursuit, if the connection between the warships of the two sides has been broken, order the soldiers to drive the ships to pursue, and definitely not let them escape!" ”

"Yes, General!"

The order was conveyed, and the naval soldiers of the Eastern Roman Empire continued to pursue the Hun soldiers after receiving the order, but at this time the Hun soldiers had all returned to their warships, and the Hun fleet began to be separated from the fleet of the Eastern Roman Empire.

A young officer who was following him noticed the oncoming sea breeze and reminded: "General, the current wind direction is very unfavorable for our army to pursue the enemy!" ”

Hao Lunny didn't care after hearing this, and then in the past few breaths, the Hun fleet near the mouth of the sea suddenly shot out countless rockets, these rockets fell like a meteor shower towards the Eastern Empire fleet, and then, from the Hun Empire's fleet, there were many big fireballs smashed towards the Eastern Empire's fleet, not to mention, the Hun Empire's fleet put down many small ships with fire, and under the action of the wind, these fireships all rushed towards the Eastern Empire's fleet at a very fast speed.

"Oh God, what's that?" A soldier on the deck of the warship, who was standing at the front, screamed loudly when he saw the rain of arrows coming towards him.

"Hide, everyone!" A centurion shouted at the sight of a rain of arrows coming towards his own fleet.

Although the officers had realized the danger of this wave of rockets and loudly ordered the soldiers to dodge, it was too late, and the rockets came in an instant, and some of them hit the soldiers directly, and the soldiers who were shot immediately fell, and the soldiers who were about to die were burned and jumped up and screamed loudly.

The battlefields of the Eastern Imperial Fleet in the harbor were densely packed, and the distance between the warships was very close, some even less than two meters apart, and soldiers and seafarers could jump from this warship to another warship, and under this dense process, all the warships that were shrouded in the rocket rain were not spared, and all of them were shot by rockets, and the rockets immediately burst into flames after landing on the deck and sails.

The officers were no longer concerned about casualties, and if the fire was allowed to spread, the consequences would be unimaginable, and in this case, any officer knew to choose between saving people and fighting the fire, and without exception, all the officers ordered the soldiers to take the containers of water to fight the fire.

In order to prevent fires, warships generally prepare some reserve water, which is specially used to fight fires, and soon soldiers brought buckets to fight fires.

The Huns on the Hun fleet did not give the soldiers of the Eastern Empire a chance at all, and waves of arrows rained down one after another, so that the fire that had just been charged began to spread again, and this time there were not only rockets, but also a large number of stone bullets with fire, these burning stone bullets smashed on the deck of the Eastern Empire warship and immediately caused a fire, and the fire oil splashed all over the ground, which could not be extinguished at all, and the burning stone bullets not only caused a fire, but also injured many Eastern Empire naval soldiers.

Standing on the dock, Hollenny saw his soldiers in a sea of fire but could not do anything, and he immediately shouted: "Give the order for everyone to abandon ship and retreat to the shore, give the order!" ”

"Yes, General!"

At this time, there is no need to take care of the warship, the warship can be rebuilt, but the soldiers are burned down, and the training of naval soldiers is not an overnight thing, which requires a lot of time, manpower, material and financial resources. (To be continued......)