As he was about to reach England, little Henry suddenly heard someone shouting on board, and all the people on board looked in horror to the left side of the ship, and when he followed the gaze of others, he found that a few miles to the left, several huge ships were approaching them, and he bet that they were the largest ships he had ever seen.

"How can there be such a big ship, and where did these ships come from?" The captain of the ship immediately shouted, although it was still far away, but he was experienced and could still see the size of the other party's ship at a glance, and this was the first time he had seen this kind of ship, so he was sure that the other party should not be a ship from a nearby kingdom.

"Oops, this is the battleship of the Great Song, hurry! Speed up! Don't let them catch up! At this time, little Henry suddenly came to his senses and immediately yelled. Although he had not seen the warships of the Great Song Dynasty with his own eyes, he knew that Zhao Jia and these Song people came to Europe by ship from the Great Song Dynasty thousands of miles away, which showed that the Great Song Dynasty had a developed maritime industry, and he had never seen these huge ships in Europe before, so the only explanation was the ships of the Song people.

When the captain heard little Henry's roar, he immediately came to his senses, and hurriedly ordered people to speed up and move in the direction of England, and at the same time he also spread the news to the other ships, and as a result, these English ships all seemed to be crazy, and rushed desperately in the direction of England.

In the distance, the warships of the Great Song Dynasty had already discovered these English ships that were desperately fleeing, but they didn't seem to be in a hurry, and they didn't deliberately chase after them, but hung slowly behind the other party, and also sailed in the direction of England, as if they were not worried that little Henry would flee to England.

Although the ships of the Great Song did not deliberately pursue, their speed was still far faster than the small ships of the English, so they were getting closer and closer to the fleet in front. This also made Little Henry and the others on the ship very frightened, especially when the distance was shortened, the big ship of the Song army compared with the ships of England in front of it, it was like a mountain, completely crushing the small ships of the English, and people couldn't have the desire to resist at all.

England is at hand. In particular, London is facing the English Channel, so little Henry and his ships soon reached the mouth of the Thames River downstream of London, at this time London was still relatively small and did not extend to the sea, but little Henry and his ships could enter the London area through the course of the Thames.

The lower reaches of the Thames are very wide and the water depth is sufficient, although the warships of the Great Song Dynasty are relatively large, they are still much smaller than the 10,000-ton oil tankers of later generations, so it is easy to enter the course of the Thames. They then sailed upstream, following Henry Jr. and his fleet to the city of London, which was flanked by an important port in England and a transport hub for them to Europe.

When they were on the sea just now, Da Song's battleships did not attack Little Henry and the others who had fled in front, but when their battleships came to the port of London, they immediately showed their hideous fangs, and gave orders with the generals on each battleship. All the battleships were ready for battle, and the hull side was aimed at the harbor area on both sides of the river.

"Ignition!" With the order of the commander of this fleet. The ship's guns fired almost in no particular order, and then several other warships began to fire in a volley, aiming directly at the port of London, whether it was the ships in the harbor or the facilities on the docks, all of them were the objects of their shelling, and for a time the whole London port was full of smoke. Numerous ships were sunk, while the shelling caused a fire, and the port was soon in flames.

The shelling lasted for more than an hour, and finally the Great Song fleet left, and the Great Song fleet did not send anyone to contact the port during the whole process. There was no request for little Henry, but by the time Da Song's fleet left, the entire port of London was already in a mess, most of the ships in the port were sunk, and most of the remaining unsunken ones were ignited by fire, countless people struggled and howled in the water, and the port was even more ablaze, and it is estimated that after the fire is extinguished, the entire port can no longer be used.

Little Henry was very lucky to escape, because when the shelling began, he had already run from the boat to the dock, and then left here as fast as he could, but in the end he was only a little involved in the shelling, and he was not injured at all, but his men lost nearly half of their men because of their slow movements, and most of them were sunk before they could go ashore, and few of these knights could swim, and most of them drowned alive.

Just as little Henry escaped from the dock, he met Henry I who came in a hurry, only to see that this Henry I was a short and stout middle-aged man, with a big face full of horizontal flesh, and a weed-like beard on his chin, when he saw Little Henry who was fleeing in embarrassment, and the port of London with smoke billowing behind Little Henry, he was very angry and shouted: "Little Henry, what the hell is going on, I need an explanation from you!" ”

"Henry, don't be angry, I didn't expect that the fleet of the Great Song would come to the port of London with us, and they began to bombard the port without any statement, it is simply barbaric!" Little Henry also explained with a wry smile at this time, he didn't expect the Song army to be so arrogant, even if it was to force England to hand over himself, he had to put forward conditions first, if England did not agree to bombard the port, it would not be too late, but the Great Song Dynasty was so arrogant that it was forcing England to stand on the opposite side of them, but this was the best news for him.

"What, attack my port without any reason!" Henry I also roared angrily when he heard the news, he was originally a very impulsive character, and now the Great Song Dynasty simply didn't take him seriously, although he heard that the Great Song Dynasty was powerful and had occupied the Holy Roman Empire, but he was not easy to mess with.

"Let's go! Come with me to see how the port is going! Although Henry I was very angry, it was useless to be angry now, he was very worried about the situation on the other side of the port, after all, the port of London was the hub of his connection with the European continent, and even England had an enclave on the European continent, and if there was a problem in this port, it would be a very serious blow to him.

At that moment, Henry I strode to the port, but when he came here, the fleet of the Great Song had already left, only to see that the sea surface of the port was full of dead bodies and broken hulls, and the fire on the pier was not extinguished, the wounded people kept wailing, and the smell of the dead being burned filled the entire port, which made people smell sick, and the living people were like headless flies, scurrying around on the dock, they had not yet woken up from the shelling just now, after all, the kind of overwhelming shelling just now was for them, It's like hell.

"This ...... Is this the devil wreaking havoc in my harbor? Henry I looked at the almost razed harbor in front of him, and muttered to himself in disbelief, he could not imagine that in such a short period of time, the originally prosperous port could become this hell on earth, unless it was the legendary devil who could have such power.

"Henry, this is not the power of the devil, but a weapon called artillery used in the Song army, I don't know the principle of this weapon, I only know that when the Song army uses artillery, it is like Zeus is angry, and the whole world trembles for it, which is not at all something that human power can resist, and it is precisely because of this that when I fought a decisive battle with the Song army with more than twice their military strength, I was defeated in the end." Little Henry said very depressed at this time, after countless defeats on the battlefield, he had dispelled the idea of defeating the Song army on the battlefield, and now he only hoped that the other party would not press forward step by step, and could give him a chance to breathe.

"How can there be such a weapon in this world, it is even more terrifying than the legendary Greek fire!" Henry I heard little Henry's explanation, and was silent for a long time before he said slowly. Greek fire is a weapon in the ancient Roman period, it is said that it can spontaneously combust when sprayed, and it cannot be extinguished, and it can even be burned in water, and people will be burned to ashes as long as they get a little stained, but unfortunately the formula of Greek fire was lost hundreds of years ago, but even the legendary Greek fire does not seem to be so powerful.

"Henry, in addition to artillery, the Song army also has many similar weapons, such as an explosive iron ball, which is very damaging to the knight's war horse, and their weapons are also very sharp, although the armor is very thin, but the defense is not worse than our heavy armor, and the gap in these weapons and equipment is not at all compensated by the strength of the army."

When he said this, he saw little Henry pause for a moment and then said: "In addition to these weapons and equipment, they also have well-trained soldiers and experienced generals, such as Hu Yanqing, the chief general of the Song army who has fought with me many times, is a very good general, I am convinced of the defeat, it can be said that it is basically impossible to defeat them from the battlefield, and it is precisely because of this, so I think that if the Song army asks you for me, you can hand me over, so as to protect the safety of England!" ”

Little Henry's words are also half-truths, on the one hand, these are indeed his sincere words, and on the other hand, he also has the intention of retreating, if Henry I is afraid of the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, then he will not complain about handing him over, if Henry I is aroused by his own words, and he is unwilling to hand him over when he dies, then he will try again to see if he can use the special terrain of England to block the army of the Great Song Dynasty?

After listening to Little Henry's words, Henry I also fell silent, and the expression on his face changed several times, as if he was also thinking about whether to hand over Little Henry? It's just that he doesn't know that Song Jun's interest in England is actually greater than that of little Henry, so no matter how he chooses, the fate of England will not change. (To be continued.) )