The first stone projectile was ejected, because it deviated too far, Cheng Fangyuan didn't think it could play any role.

But following what the people around him pointed out, he saw that the Penglai had slowed down.

Not only did he slow down, but he also adjusted the hull to expose the sides to the front of the sea falcon.

"What's the matter, could it be that he's preparing to take the shipboard?" Cheng Fangyuan said with some surprise.

He didn't believe that the other party would be easily frightened, so he gave up resistance and was captured, although he didn't know Ye Chang very well, he also knew that this Jili Prefecture Sima was not this kind of person.

"Cheer up, be careful, what tricks the other party may have" After a little pondering, Cheng Fangyuan ordered.

The two ships got closer and closer, and Cheng Fangyuan ordered the stone thrower to be launched again, this time it was closer than the last time, and the stone thrown crossed the top of the Penglai and landed about twenty zhang away from the Penglai.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than fifty zhang.

There was no figure on the deck of the Penglai, and it didn't look like it was ready for a battle, Cheng Fangyuan became more and more hesitant in his heart, but the matter had come to this, and it was unrealistic to stop now. He ordered caution again, and ordered the ship's crossbows and levers to be ready.

Forty zhang, thirty zhang, twenty zhang...... Fifteen zhang

At this distance, you can already clearly see the situation on the Penglai. Although the sea falcon ship is not a building ship, there are also heavy buildings on the deck, so Cheng Fangyuan can condescend to watch. There are more than ten people on the Penglai who are still on the deck, and it seems that they are all sailors, some sailors and the like, but there is not half a soldier.

"What the hell is going on?" Cheng Fangyuan couldn't help but have a thought in his heart, whether to stop the boat first and then wait and see. But at this distance, he just wanted to stop the boat, and it wasn't something that could be stopped. The oarsmen were no longer paddling all the way to the water, but were ready to turn the boat sideways and lean on.

At this moment, the Penglai suddenly opened up against the wall of the sea falcon ship.

It was as if twelve windows were opened at the same time, and then a ball of fire was seen being pushed out.

Cheng Fangyuan's pupils contracted suddenly: "Twisted crossbow - be careful" At the same time as he shouted, a dull sound came from the twelve windows almost simultaneously. Twelve long crossbow bolts tied to grease and cloth flew over, and within such a distance, even though the waves kept shaking the Penglai, half of the twelve long crossbow arrows still pierced into the hull of the sea falcon.

"Treacherous" felt the tilt of the ship because of the shooting, Cheng Fangyuan scolded, and then ordered: "Fight back, extinguish the fire"

The sailors and soldiers on the ship were busy pouring the prepared water on the hull of the ship, so as to prevent the fire from the crossbow from leading the hull of the ship.

In a cabin below deck, Wang Zhen looked at the wall of the ship with a pale face, and half of the crossbow bolt penetrated from the outside, piercing into the cabin where he was.

"What's going on...... Fighting? One of his companions exclaimed.

"There must have been a fight, this should have been shot from the Penglai...... The Penglai was also equipped with a crossbow, and behold, there was fire, and they should have wanted to use this fire crossbow to ignite the sea falcon ship. Another companion said.

"We've been staring at the Penglai for a long time, and we haven't seen a cross......bow on the deck."

"Strange, look at this crossbow arrow, why is there still a bamboo tube tied to it......"

"Let's go, let's go" The two companions still had the leisure to discuss the equipment on the Penglai, but Wang Yan vaguely felt that something was wrong, he had a feeling that he was facing a catastrophe, so he screamed and pushed open the hatch and ran.

His two companions were a little surprised, what was there to run away from, it was nothing more than a little fire, which was doused with water.

Like Wang Yuan, there is also Cheng Fangyuan who has a sense of annihilation. Cheng Fangyuan stared at the places where the crossbows hit, and thought secretly in his heart. A general beside him sneered: "Ye Changqian's donkey skills are poor...... Firing a ginch below deck, although it is more concealed, is unlikely to inflict heavy damage......"

The idea of this general is very simple, this way of shooting is destined to not have a large shooting elevation angle, and the range of the crossbow is not far, and it cannot even shoot above the deck of the opponent. Although the crossbow is equipped with fire, that kind of fire can only be really lethal when it is attached to flammable materials such as canvas, so it looks scary when nailed to the hull, but as long as it is extinguished in time, it will not cause much damage to the ship.

However, at this moment, there was a loud bang, and a large fireball suddenly appeared on the body of the ship where a crossbow was nailed, and the pungent smell of sulfur spread with the fireball.

It was only the first sound, followed by two more sounds, and three of the six crossbows that had been driven into the hull exploded, creating three holes in the seafalcon's hull

"This ...... This...... This this? ”

Cheng Fangyuan said four "this" words in a row, but he didn't say a sentence, this change really made him unimaginable

How could such an explosion occur with such a good crossbow, and blow out three big holes in the hull?

The Sea Falcon's ship is indeed stronger than ordinary sailor warships and is more adapted to the wind and waves in the sea, but its overall structure is still the common form of ship at this time, and it is naturally not as strong as the Penglai. The three bolts exploded, destroying its structure severely, and the swaying caused by the wind and waves exacerbated the damage. At this time, there was a creaking sound from all over the ship, it was the sound of wood breaking, but no one had the energy to care about it, because the three explosions just now not only caused damage to the hull, but also splashed iron pieces and broken wood, but also caused casualties in the cabin below the deck.

Wang Yan looked back at the cabin he was in just now, and now the cabin was unrecognizable, and there were debris and wolves everywhere. Two of his companions, one with a broken arm and rolling on the ground in pain, and the other close to the bulkhead, Yu Crisp was covered in blood and convulsed on the plank. However, the place that was originally a bulkhead had an extra hole the size of a person, and around the hole, flames were running around, and smoke and smoke were around.

Looking at this scene blankly, Wang Yuan's first thought was the "Five Thunder Dafa"

Taoists often say that thunder destroys evil spirits, and the sound of Fang Cai is almost no different from thunder. Since Wang Yan was sent to deal with Ye Chang, he had heard a lot of rumors about Ye Chang, especially Ye Chang's encounter with immortals, he was even more familiar with it. It's just that Ye Chang hasn't shown any abilities like "Dao Immortal Technique" all along, so he just believes in it.

But now, Wang Fu had no doubt that Ye Chang knew immortal arts.

If it weren't for immortal magic, how could he ask the heavenly thunder to descend and use that crossbow arrow to inflict such a heavy blow on the sea falcon ship?

He was actually dealing with an immortal, an immortal who knew immortal arts

Wang Yan only felt that his knees were weak, and he didn't have the strength to support his body, so he involuntarily fell to his knees with a thud.

Behind him, a few soldiers who heard the sound only saw him kneeling on the ground, kowtowing like pounding garlic, and chanting in his mouth: "Daxian spare me, Ye Zhenren spare me......"

Those soldiers were also frightened one by one, and when they saw Wang Yan like this, they first looked at each other, and then they followed timidly and bowed down, chanting vigorously, begging for the forgiveness of the immortals. Since there was a leader, the rest of the people did not believe it, and did not dare to act rashly, but just watched there, until the flames at the hatch grew bigger and bigger, and they came to their senses, shouted and began to put out the fire.

However, at this moment, the sound of the ship made another loud noise, and everyone could not stand on their feet, and they were thrown into the sea.

Cheng Fangyuan was on the deck, his eyes bloodshot, holding a mast, so that he did not fall.

He watched as the sea falcon ship was blown out of the middle of the ship and broke into two, saw at least dozens of sailors and sergeants fall into the sea at the moment of breaking, saw the hull of the ship that split in two and began to sink rapidly, two sailors who fell into the water fought for a barrel that would help them float, and saw a whirlpool rise and swallow the two sailors and the barrel together.

The water had reached the mast he was holding, and half of his body was already soaked in the sea, and he looked up at the Penglai as if it were close at hand—and let out a hoarse cry.

"Ahh

At this moment, Cheng Fangyuan's heart was completely chaotic and blank, even if he was about to be submerged by the sea, his heart was still stuck in Fang Cai, why would those few crossbows cause such great damage.

Su's thick legs' brain also stayed at that moment just now, and it exploded three times in a row, making his eyeballs almost protrude from his sockets.

He originally thought that his admiration for Ye Chang had reached the limit, but at this time he found that this kind of admiration would never have a limit.

"This ...... What kind of fairy treasure is this? He couldn't help muttering to himself.

The telescope is a fairy treasure, the compass is a fairy treasure, and now, this kind of thing that causes an explosion is also a fairy treasure. The appearance of this thing means that there is a new attack method in naval warfare, and this attack method is difficult to guard.

Su Bu Leg keenly felt that in the future naval warfare, I am afraid that there will be no more tactics such as broadside battles, at least broadside battles will no longer be the main combat method of naval battles.

In the future, the two sides of the naval battle, within a certain distance, began to fire crossbows at each other, and then the "fairy treasure" carried on the crossbow exploded, and a warship became a fragment of the sea, just like the current sea falcon ship.

He turned his face sideways and looked at Ye Chang, but found that Ye Chang's expression was indifferent, and even vaguely seemed to be a little dissatisfied

This made Su Thick Legs even more frightened: This kind of power, this kind of tactics, Ye Langjun is not satisfied, so what will the weapons and tactics that can satisfy Ye Langjun look like?

Ye Chang was indeed dissatisfied.

The advent of gunpowder meant the precursor of the era of thermal weapons. In this era, some alchemy Taoist priests have been secretly passing on the formula of primordial gunpowder, but today's battle is the first time that gunpowder has really appeared on the battlefield.

He was still confident when Su Thick Leg didn't dare to guarantee this victory, because of the twenty-four gunpowder packs stored in the cabin.

The twenty-four gunpowder packets sealed and stored in bamboo tubes were the results of Ye Chang's secret research and development after arriving in Liaodong. The formula of gunpowder is not difficult for him at all, it is nothing more than sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal powder, and the key is proportional modulation. It took him more than a year to find what he thought was the most suitable recipe and he made the powder pack.

The bamboo tube filled with gunpowder and sealed is tied to the crossbow and detonated by the fire on the crossbow, at this time, its power is just a large firecracker, if it does not directly blow up people, or the fragments caused by it blow up people, the lethality is actually very limited.

If it weren't for the naval battle, the target of attack was the relatively fragile sea ships at this time, and the buildings such as cities and houses were changed, these large firecrackers would probably just scratch the itch.

For Ye Chang, who is accustomed to seeing the power of firearms in another life, such powerful firearms are really chicken. Fortunately, although it is chicken, at least today it has made a great contribution.

"Ye Sima, ...... next When is it good? Seeing that Ye Chang was always thoughtful and did not give orders, Su Bush came back to his senses and asked in a trembling voice.

Ye Chang raised his eyes and glanced at the sea, where the sea falcon ship was located, there were only some whirlpools left, and some debris floating on the sea, proving that the sea falcon ship once existed. In addition, there were some sailors and sergeants floating in the sea, crying for help one by one, and some people were trying to swim towards this side.

"Let's go, head south first, and then go back to Dengzhou." Ye Chang didn't have the slightest mercy in his heart, he just glanced at those people coldly, and then ordered.

"Yes" Su Thick Leg did not have any resistance to this order, and ordered the full sail, Penglai caught the north wind, broke the waves, and sped towards the south.

The cry of the sea was thrown away in an instant, and then it was no longer heard. Su Thick Legs patrolled around the ship, and found that both the sailors and the sergeants had solemn expressions, looking at him with a little awe. Su Thick Legs understood very well that this awe was not really for him, but only because he was following Ye Chang's side.

"Today's matter, no one is allowed to leak the news, violators, the sky thunders" Su Thick Legs said loudly everywhere he went, and everyone nodded one after another.

In the past, "thunder and thunder" was just a joke, and no one would take it seriously, but today it was not, those loud noises, as well as the ensuing flames and the destruction of enemy ships, made everyone's hearts dark. Maybe Ye Sima really has a way to hook up with the gods in the sky, but he is a first-class immortal, if he doesn't know what he wants, maybe he will really be put down by the gods and become like a sea falcon ship

After all the orders, Su Thick Legs returned to Ye Chang's side, and seeing that Ye Chang's demeanor had returned to normal, he spoke: "Lang Jun, after returning to Dengzhou this time, are you in a hurry to rush back to Liaodong?" ”

"That's natural, this time it's almost to Japan before turning back, floating in the sea for nearly 20 days, naturally I want to go back to Lushun. It is also necessary for us to find a winter waterway, even if the Bohai Sea is closed, we can travel back and forth between Lushun and Qidi. ”

Hearing this, Su Thick Legs laughed: "This matter is easy to hear, I watch Langjun break the ship, and it can also be used to break the ice." ”

The idea of using gunpowder to blow up ice lacks operability, otherwise there would be no need for icebreakers in another life. Moreover, for Ye Chang, gunpowder is a secret that needs to be kept better than glass, even Su Thick Legs, now he doesn't know the mystery of it, if he doesn't want to prove it in actual combat, Ye Chang won't take it out at all.

"It doesn't have to be like this, it's just a detour, it's easy to freeze near the shore, but it's not easy in the sea." Ye Chang said with a smile: "If you can find a waterway that can enter and exit Lushunkou most of the time in winter, I will give you a great credit."

Su Bu Leg had a smile on his face, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: although that kind of secret weapon is sharp, it can't replace people after all.