Section XII

At this time, it is about the end of the day.

If it's summer, it's the hottest time of the day, but in winter, it's still cold and bitterly cold.

The wind chime ferry is not large, there are not many houses near the shore, and it is quite difficult to transport the thunderbolt gods under the noses of the Persians. Ge Yi and Jian Feiyang thought about it, and in the end they only sent five thunderbolts to attack. Their purpose was only to make the Persians suffer a small loss and export their evil anger.

Thunderbolts are not all behemoths nearly 10 meters high, otherwise it is very difficult to disassemble and assemble. It is also extremely difficult to transport in normal times. Instead, it is divided into three models: large, medium and small. This sneak attack on the Persian warship was too big to be easily detected, and too small to be effectively killed. Jian Feiyang picked five medium-sized thunderbolts that were nearly five meters high.

Five thunderbolts lined up behind a wall of dirt. This earthen wall is the courtyard wall of a large family, and this wall faces the street, which is not very high, at most five meters, but it is enough to block the view of the Persians. The owner of the yard seems to have a good status in the local area, otherwise it would not be possible to build such a large house along the river, and the gate is closed at this time, and I don't know if the owner is at home. But none of this matters, the important thing is that the house is on the river on one side and the street on the other, and it can play a hidden role, and that is enough.

On the river, more than a dozen Persian warships were still showing off their might, unaware that danger had come. After everyone finished debugging, they loaded the tung oil bomb. Jian Feiyang nodded to Ge Yi on the roof, signaling that he was ready.

The thunderbolt was hidden behind the courtyard wall, and although the Persians could not see it, they were also in the dark. Ge Yi refused to give in, so he stood on another house and looked out. At this time, the Persian warships were slaughtering, approaching closer and closer, and had already rushed into the range of the trestle. Ge Yi raised his hand and shouted violently: "Sixty degrees to the right, put it." ”

As soon as his words fell, he could only hear a few muffled sounds of "tom, tom, tom", and from the top of the five thunderbolts, five black whirring things flew out, and these five things were naturally tung oil bombs. Due to the thorough preparation and the defenselessness of the Persian warship, the five tung oil bombs were impartial and smashed all of them on the warship, and smoke billowed from the warship.

At the beginning of the design of the tung oil bomb, there was no ignition device, and after each launch, it was necessary to fire a gunpowder bullet to ignite. But the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is not easy to hit the opponent once, let alone twice in a row, so the practicality is reduced. Lu Fang and Liu Ze tinkered with it for a few years, and they installed a fuse on the tung oil bomb to solve this problem in one fell swoop.

On the warship that was shot, the smoke rose in the wind, and after a while, it turned into a billowing fire. There were two tung oil bombs hitting the ship's mainmast, and the mainmast of the ship was strong, and the canvas wind on it suddenly burst into flames. I heard a loud "boom", and the mast was crooked and planted on the deck. The Persians on the deck cried for their fathers and mothers, and the wolves rushed to the pigs, and suddenly they became even more chaotic.

Such an attack came suddenly, and the Persians were apparently stunned. The other dozen or so warships paused, apparently also a little surprised. During the display of the flag, two of the boats, one on the left and one on the right, rushed forward to rescue the Persian soldiers who had fallen into the water. A few other ships also did not retreat but advanced, and forced them to the shore one after another?

What are they going to do? Ge Yi was a little inexplicable, and suddenly suffered such a blow, it is said that these Persians should have retreated. Is it to force a landing? That's impossible, not to mention that the two sides have an agreement, to create a confrontation across the river. Even if the two sides were real enemies, the sailors on these dozen or so Persian warships were really going to rush ashore, and they would be live targets for cavalry charges. He was a little puzzled when he saw the canvas on the deck of the Persian warship being pulled open and the catapults were revealed.

Are they going to fight back? Ge Yi was stunned, and then shouted in a hissed voice: "Get out of the way, everyone get out of the way." ”

The two warring sides were not too far apart, and the exclamations of the enemy ships and the movement of the masts smashing down the deck were too great, and needless to say, the soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty also knew that the battle was quite fruitful, and they immediately let out bursts of cheers. In the past few days of confrontation between the two sides, these Persian warships have flaunted their might, and they have come to the shore to provoke if they have nothing to do. Although there were not many casualties, the Guards Battalion was also angry. This hit the target, and the evil breath in their hearts was eliminated, and everyone naturally cheered. Although Ge Yi's voice was loud, he didn't infuse his true qi in a hurry, and naturally few people paid attention to it, and it was covered by a cheer.

Without waiting for the cheers of the crowd to fall, fireballs flew out from the Persian warship. Although the accuracy of these fireballs is not as good as that of the thunderbolt car, but it is better than the quantity, in the chaos, three or four fireballs emitted black smoke, and they are falling in the group of thunderbolts.

Ge Yi was stunned for a moment, the enemy not only prepared a stone throwing cart, but also a gunpowder bullet. This situation really caught everyone by surprise. Jian Feiyang was also ignited by the flying sparks, and hurriedly slapped the sparks on his clothes, shouting: "Damn it, no wonder these Persians are so fearless, they are prepared, and they are too fucking insidious." ”

Fortunately, the opponent's fireball is not a tung oil bomb, and the power of this gunpowder bomb is far from that of the Southern Han Dynasty. A few fireballs looked menacing, but the damage caused was really limited, and Ge Yi looked at the lively Jian Feiyang, and his heart was also relieved.

The cheers on the streets had turned into exclamations, and some of the more agile soldiers had run to the houses to fetch water to extinguish the fire, some were scrambling to extinguish their own sparks, and a few seriously wounded were carried down by the soldiers of the medical battalion. Just as they were in disarray, two more enemy ships pressed up from the side. Defend the left and right while shooting fireballs. The crowd expected that these Persians were so unforgiving, and they immediately suffered a great loss. Coincidentally, a gunpowder bullet landed on the body of the injured Thunderbolt, which was already crumbling, and suddenly made a loud "bang", and the lever on the top was crooked, scattered, and it was scrapped. Seeing this, the nearby soldiers took refuge to the side, and two soldiers shouted the names of their comrades in mourning, and it seemed that someone had died in this Persian attack.

As soon as the confrontation began, one of the enemy's ships was wounded, and one of our own thunderbolts was completely destroyed. Although it is not said that it has suffered a big loss, it can be said that it is very different from the situation expected before, Jian Feiyang listened to the soldiers' sad cries, and his heart was even more angry.

I thought that this ambush would be able to catch the Persians by surprise, but who knew that the enemy had installed a stone-throwing truck on the ship. Now that China and the West have retreated, and the entire Tianqing River is controlled by Persia, the Persians must be dealing with the Southern Han when they put on this thing. This ambush is self-defeating, and it is difficult to explain it to adults.

The Persians even loaded the stone throwing carts, so that the ambush was probably not pleased. But if he retreated like this, Wu Ming was not easy to explain, and it added to the arrogance of Persia, if he cooperated with Persia in the future, wouldn't he bow his head first, thinking of this, Jian Feiyang was also angry, and said in a deep voice: "All the cars are guerrilla everywhere, and the waiting planes are destroying the enemy." ”

The base of the Thunderbolt is equipped with four wheels, which can be easily transported by livestock in normal times. If in wartime, it is also convenient for the team to adjust the distance by hand push. But with a hand push, this speed is really not flattering. No matter how slow the ship was, in absolute terms, it would certainly be much faster than a thunderbolt snail. But now more than a dozen warships of the other side are stuck on the dock and unable to move in order to attack the enemy, and although the thunderbolt is slow, there is still a street wall cover. Comparing the situation of the two sides, the Nanhan side seems to have a little advantage.

But judging from the comparison of firepower, the two sides have to drop one by one. Although the Thunderbolt was launched quickly, one has been reimbursed, and now there are only four left. The opponent has more than a dozen warships, each of which has several stone-throwing trucks on it, so if you really want to fight, you don't necessarily have an advantage. Fortunately, the guards battalion was strictly disciplined, and as soon as the initial chaos passed, it immediately dispersed, and in the process of moving, from time to time a tung oil bomb was placed on the dock.

The Persian ships were so large and even crammed together that they could not even take aim now, and if they were thrown in the direction of the trestle, they would hit the enemy ship nine times out of ten. And the Persian warships were not to be outdone, and stone bullets and gunpowder bullets poured over without being fatal. For a time, thunder flew near the pier, and tongues of fire danced. In the confusion, another thunderbolt was smashed to pieces, and the wounded Persian ship sank to the bottom of the river before it could retreat, and smoke rose from the decks of two other ships.

It's over!

Judging by the damage, it seems that the two sides have also played to a draw. But Jian Feiyang knew that this balance could only be temporary. Even if the enemy sank one ship, but for a dozen ships, the combat power loss was negligible, but the own side only dispatched a total of five thunderbolts, and after this melee, two were reimbursed, and the combat power was lost two-thirds. If this kind of war continues, your own side will definitely suffer. I knew that Lao Tzu shouldn't have scrupled so much, and directly pulled out a hundred thunderbolts and bombarded these Persians.

Jian Feiyang's intestines were full of remorse.

"General Jane, we're here to help you."

Just when Jian Feiyang regretted dying and was in a dilemma, Li Yu shouted behind him. He turned his head and saw this kid running out of a street corner with a dozen soldiers of the Guards Battalion, armed with iron swords, panting. Jian Feiyang was stunned, and then said angrily: "Li Shichang, if you don't protect the adults, what are you doing here blindly, why don't you go back quickly." ”

Although Jian Feiyang usually scolds, he also knows one thing, that is, there is a clear division of power and responsibility. In the army, unless you are the commander of an army, you can issue orders to everyone. Otherwise, just manage your own people and do your own thing, once you point fingers at other friendly forces, it is easy to attract the suspicion of your boss, and it will also make your colleagues dissatisfied. Therefore, although he is the chief officer of the outer battalion, he never expresses any opinion on the inner battalion.

But the current situation makes it impossible for him not to be angry. Although Yang Yi is the deputy of the team and the right person of the team, he has always had an important responsibility, that is, to protect Wu Ming's safety. Although this kid has not reached the seventh rank, the combined combat power of him and Wu Ming is better than that of a seventh-stage master, if he is by Wu Ming's side, as long as it is not a grandmaster who has murderous intentions towards Wu Ming, he can sit back and relax. But now Yang Yi was secretly sent back to Fang Min by Wu Ming to pick up Xiaobi, and the protection around him was discounted. Li Yu is the captain of Wu Ming's personal soldiers temporarily. Last time, a Persian princess helped him with an arrow, and if the enemy attacked again, it would be difficult to ensure that he would have such good luck again. The wolf tooth army in China and the West is too powerful.

Hearing Jian Feiyang's angry scolding, Li Yu was stunned, and immediately shouted aggrievedly: "General Jian, it was the adults who sent me to help you." ”

Help me? What can these dozen people do for me? But the doubts in his mind only disappeared for a moment, and then he burst into laughter. Because behind Li Yu, a large number of thunderbolts rushed out from the corner of the street. There was a steady stream of these thunderbolts, and after a while, more than a dozen of them came out, and they continued to pour out from behind, and it seemed that the adults had been prepared for the current situation.

At the moment when Jian Feiyang laughed, Wu Ming sat upright on Nanwang and looked at the wind chime ferry from afar.

It is about two miles away from Fengchidu, but the scene of the battle between the two sides is still clearly visible on the grassland. Seeing that the fireballs flying out of the wind chime ferry were getting fewer and fewer, Wu Ming patted Nanwang's huge horse's head and said with a smile: "It seems that Brother Jian has suffered a loss, but these Persian warships have been greedy for merit for a while, and they have already been too close to the wind chime town, and even a few have run aground." Li Yu should also appear. ”

Although Wu Ming said that he would go out to walk on the horse, it was impossible for him to really go out for a horse walk. This battle with Persia was a temptation and collision between him and the Persian Wugong, intentionally and unintentionally. After all, although the two sides have already formed an alliance, it is the first contact between the two countries. The Southern Han Dynasty was naturally curious and scruples about this distant empire. Persia was also very interested in the emerging empire, and both sides figured out whether such a partner was worthy of their alliance, so under the pretext of confrontation, the two commanders began to probe themselves.

In that case, it is impossible to overdo it. In recent years, the thunderbolt of the Southern Han Dynasty broke through the southern invasion of the Northern Han Dynasty and defeated the Southern Barbarian Navy. The limelight is unbeatable for a while. Persia naturally had to guard against it, and the stone throwers on the ship were to deal with the thunderbolts of the Southern Han Dynasty.

When Duke Wu came to provoke, he naturally expected that the Southern Han might not be able to bear it, and if he really wanted to go to war, he would have to beat the other party and see the force of the Persian Empire. In this way, if you negotiate in the future, you will be able to get ahead of others in momentum and strive for more benefits. This abacus naturally played very loudly, because even if the Southern Han suffered a loss, it was caused by Persia's passive counterattack, and if the two sides really wanted to confront each other, Persia could bite back, saying that the Southern Han disregarded the covenant and took the lead.

But if Wu Ming is not present, all assumptions will have to be reversed.

No matter how much trouble the soldiers make, it is not an order from the commander-in-chief, and there is much to be done afterwards. Now knowing that the alliance between the two countries is still valid, Wu Ming is the only one in the Southern Han Dynasty, and Jian Feiyang and Ge Yi "don't know". Once Persia suffers a loss, even if the Southern Han Dynasty takes the initiative to kill him, he can push it clean.

After all, I don't know.

In the distance, the fireballs of the wind chimes suddenly increased, and then became more and more dense. I only heard a loud "bang" sound, and the two warships rushing to the front couldn't dodge, and were hit by the thunderbolts, and the entire bow collapsed in half. Gunpowder bombs and tung oil bombs were used at the same time, and the dozen or so warships were already riddled with holes under several salvos of nearly 100 thunderbolts, and in the end, only three of them were lucky enough to escape, and they retreated towards the opposite bank in a gloomy manner.

The wind chime ferry port suddenly let out bursts of cheers, which shocked the earth. The Southern Han side is raising its eyebrows.

Wu Ming withdrew his gaze from the town and looked to the east.

If nothing else, his emergency documents should also be put in front of the prime minister's case. Father-in-law, the battle is in full swing ahead, and all the soldiers of the Guards Battalion believe that they have broken up the alliance with Persia, although you are surprised, you should also believe it.

So, what about the reinforcements, the Persian war elephants are very powerful, but only the spirit beast soldiers can deal with them. Presumably, Lu Yu has already received your reinforcement order.

He thought, the smile on the corner of his mouth slowly turned into a sneer, and then the murderous aura overflowed.