Julia also shook her head: "I don't want to, Julia has been adrift at sea since she was a child, and she doesn't have too deep feelings for Rome, but she is a little uneasy in her heart, according to the time of going back and forth to Rome, her uncle should also come, but there is no shadow to this day, Julia is worried that the general will say that she is right, and the fall of Queen Odosia will implicate her uncle." ”

"Hey~~ Julia, don't worry too much, Jiren has his own natural appearance." Wang Daolian didn't know what to say, so he had to persuade, after all, Rome is too far away, with Wei Feng's current ability, it is basically impossible to go to Rome, even if he goes forcibly, but it is thousands of miles away, and if he really arrives in Rome, I am afraid that most of the dust will settle.

Julia smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you for your good words, by the way, don't mention this matter to the envoy, so as not to embarrass him." ”

"Hmm!" Wang Daolian just nodded, and suddenly pointed forward: "Julia, someone is intercepting in front!" ”

"Humph!" Julia snorted confidently: "The water flow is gentle, as expected, it seems that it is bullying our small boat, maybe there will be pursuers behind it!" ”

As if Julia really had the ability to be a prophet of the unknown, the sentry on the mast called: "General Julia, there are ships chasing after you, twenty miles away, about a hundred!" ”

Julia said unhurriedly: "The front team will advance with the general, the rear team will stop, turn around immediately, and be sure to annihilate all the enemies!" ”

"Yes!" Flags were sent to the ships.

Normally speaking, it was extremely difficult for the fleet to turn around in the river, but the water was gentle and wide enough, about 250 to 300 zhang, and the fleet led by Julia was full of river warships of 8 to 15 zhang. Flexible, manoeuvrable, with a small turning radius and an almost stationary water flow that also facilitates a U-turn.

The 100 boats in the rear turned their bows in turn, staggered in the shape of dogs' teeth, and the front row was lined with eight medium-sized warships, and the ninety-two boats in the back were bows against the stern, covering almost the entire length of the water!

The rear queue lined up to meet the battle, and the front team of 100 boats continued to move forward, in the process of driving. Spread it out as tightly as possible.

About five hundred paces ahead of the fleet. Suddenly there was a pontoon bridge, ten feet wide, across the entire surface of the river, and the bridge was full of earth and stones. It looks sturdy. Every other foot is a sandbag. The crossbowmen and pikemen who covered the back, the ships used to carry the pontoons, were unexpectedly loaded with firewood and hay.

Along the banks of the pontoon bridge. There were hundreds of carts gathered into a car formation, and the back of the carts was full of crossbowmen, all of whom were holding bows and arrows, looking like they were waiting for the battle.

Wang Daolian smiled coldly: "Liu Jinu has made a bloody investment, and wants to intercept our army with this, if our army forcibly rushes through the pass, he will set the pontoon bridge on fire, and the boats chasing from behind will assault, and under the interception of the front and back, he will be destroyed in one fell swoop, I have to say, his idea is too beautiful, and he is too naïve, thinking that our ship is too good to deceive?" ”

"Hmm!" Julia nodded heavily: "Since Liu Jinu has put aside the brotherhood with the envoy, then Julia will teach Xingnan and Jiaojiao a good lesson for him, lest he be obstinate and hurt Xingnan and Jiaojiao's hearts!" ”

As she spoke, Julia cleared: "Order, the whole army slows down and beckons the old lady with a stone bullet!" ”

"Yes!" The flag is played.

On large warships, five throwing ballistae were placed in the bow, but the deck area of small and medium-sized warships was limited, and only two and one ballista were placed.

"Bang bang bang ~~" bursts of stone bullets smashed into the pontoon bridge, although the pontoon bridge could not be broken, but the bridge was a ghost crying wolf howl, the corpse and broken arms and legs were lifted into the air, the Beifu soldiers only next to the sandbag, in order to avoid being hit by the stone bullets, and the side of the ship also launched the root ploughshare dart, in a short moment, there have been more than 20 vehicles have been bombed into a pile of rotten wood.

Shen Linzi was shocked, he asked Liu Yu for his own order to intercept the Ming army's fleet, leading a total of 30,000 troops, in his mind, such a solid defense plus Liu Yi's 30,000 sailors, a total of 60,000 troops to encircle and suppress the Ming army's 200 boats are still not captured?

Unexpectedly, although the ship of the Ming army was small, its firepower was extremely fierce!

"Grass, you!" Shen Linzi, who was hiding behind the car, slammed the ground fiercely and couldn't help but curse angrily!

A subordinate general agreed: "Ming Junte's cunning actually hovered still, his stone bullets and crossbow arrows hit far away, and the brothers couldn't fight back, they could only be beaten, what a fucking nest!" The water is so fucking tight that the current is so almost still that you can't even let the fireboat out! ”

Another general followed: "General Shen, the last general has a strategy, although the water is still, but you can row people on the fireboats to advance, and launch hundreds of them at a time, although the Ming army's trebuchets are fierce, but they will not destroy all the fireboats, as long as there are a dozen or so ships on it, the ships of the Ming army are so close to each other, they will definitely be able to burn them clean!" ”

The previous subordinate general shouted hello: "General, although driving the fireboat is nine deaths, there will be brave men under the heavy reward, and when the fireboat is docked, as long as you jump into the water in time, you should have three or two points of certainty to swim back to the shore, and you will be able to raise it for a while!" ”

"Hmm~~" Shen Linzi was about to nod, but suddenly realized that the stone bullets of the Ming army completely covered the pontoon bridge, and now there is no chance to set off the fire boat, so he couldn't help but scold angrily: "Why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

"This" two generals look at each other!

"That's it, that's it!" Shen Linzi understood that he was a little unreasonable, and waved his hand: "Liu Yi is chasing from behind, his ship has been transformed, and the bow is equipped with an iron cone, as long as it hits, the Ming army will have no luck, let's watch it first!" ”

Shen Linzi pinned his hopes on Liu Yi, Liu Yi was miserable, he didn't expect that the Ming army would be so fierce when it changed boats, the dense plowshare darts shot in bursts, and his ship couldn't get close at all!

If you install a big iron cone, you have to hit it to be useful!

The front is full of noise, each of which means that a ship has been sunk, Liu Yi has 30,000 sailors, 50 fighting ships and 100 ships, of which 50 ships are equipped with large iron cones on the bow, and nearly 20 ships have been sunk as far as the eye can see.

Originally, the warships could not enter the sea, but Liu Yi understood that it was difficult to defeat the Ming army with fighting ships alone, and it was necessary to use flexible and light ships to carry out surprise attacks, so he dragged two ships into the sea with each fighting ship, from the mouth of the river at that time Rugao to the mouth of the Huaishui (now Lianshui County, Huai'an City, Jiangsu) about 600 miles, but fortunately there was no strong wind and waves, so he bumped all the way into the Huaishui.

Liu Yi's face was gloomy, the plowshare darts and stone bullets fired by the Ming warships were densely packed, and his own ships couldn't get close at all, how to fight this battle?

So far, Liu Yi only realized that the Ming army's ballista was powerful, but he didn't realize that with the application of long-range strikes, the tactics of the navy have undergone earth-shaking changes.

Just like the current Liu Yi, there are many poles on the fighting ship, and the ship is equipped with an iron cone, but he still fell into the tragic fate of being beaten and unable to do it!

The generals all showed anxious looks, and one of the generals couldn't help but persuade: "General, it is no longer realistic to annihilate the Ming naval army, and what is even more worrying is that if this continues, we will be wiped out sooner or later, so we might as well simply abandon the ship, go ashore to join General Shen, and go to the Taiwei army to find another way." ”

In fact, Liu Yi had already retreated in his heart, so he didn't groan for a while, and hesitated: "I was defeated by the Ming army, wouldn't it be in vain to give him the opportunity to strip me of military power to the Taiwei?" The captain showed me to be lenient, but in fact he was very jealous of me, no, I can't go to the shore, although I want to go ashore, but I must go to Shouchun when I go ashore! ”

In fact, for them, defecting to Weifeng is the best choice when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, because Weifeng is an outsider, and the Beifu Army is a well-organized military and political group, which is quite xenophobic, not to mention that they also understand that the result of defecting to Weifeng is bound to be dispersed, and it is absolutely impossible to retain the organizational structure of the Beifu Army, and even the generals will be cut to the people!

On the contrary, the difference between defecting to Liu Yu or Liu Yi is not big, this time I heard that Liu Yi was unwilling to join Liu Yu, and immediately someone turned the idea of launching a mutiny, but the military discipline of the Beifu Army was harsh, and the following crimes were capital crimes, that is, Liu Yu could kill Liu Yi, but they couldn't touch Liu Yi at all.

Liu Yi also felt the dissatisfaction of the generals with him, but he had no fear, and he was unmoved, and was about to give the order to abandon the ship, but the lookout post on the mast shouted urgently: "General, the big thing is not good, there is a ship behind!" ”

"What?" Liu Yi changed color and said: "How many boats are there?" Which side is it? ”

The lookout post replied: "General Hui, there are about 100 boats, the same appearance as the Ming army ships, it should be the Ming army!" ”

"Not good!" A subordinate general said with a dead face: "We were ambushed, I didn't expect that the praying mantis catching cicadas, the yellow finch was behind, and the Ming army was so treacherous!" ”

Another general was puzzled: "No, if the Ming army has ships to reinforce it, it will definitely not be able to hide the beacons along the river, where did he get the ships?" ”

Liu Yi's face turned pale, and he said: "Don't forget, there is a Ming army and a navy at the head of the fang, and this navy must be down the Yellow River, and our army has no beacons along the Yellow River, how can we find the enemy's traces?" Well, at this time, it is useless to talk more, send an order to the whole army, hurry ashore, and escape as much as you can! ”

In fact, Liu Yi guessed wrong, this is not the Fangtou Water Army, but the Tianjin Water Army, the Fangtou Water Army Wei Feng is kept for another purpose, in the future, Yao Xing, Liu Bobo and Tuoba Qu will be defeated and flee back to Guanzhong, but they can surprise when crossing the Yellow River, and the Tianjin Navy will be more hidden, and the port is the vast sea, and no spies can find it.

The Tianjin Navy had left the port of Tianjin before Wei Feng sent out troops, and was ambushed on the back of a sand dune fifty miles away from the mouth of the river. (To be continued......)