Chapter 454: Half-crossing
After Liu Xingnan entered the cabin, the fleet did not slow down, and still drove rapidly, until it was only about four hundred steps away from the Beifu military fleet, and Julia waved her hand violently: "Stop!" β
The orders were conveyed to the ships in turn, and the sailors rowed their oars backwards, but of course, the ships could not stop at once, and they glided forward for nearly a hundred paces before they hovered in the river.
But even so, it also made the officers and men of the Beifu Army feel deeply jealous, you must know that even they themselves are not sure that the ships can hover in the river at such a short distance, especially the menacing, which fully shows that the other party not only has excellent ship performance, but also naval soldiers, at least the sailors are also experienced.
Liu Yi and He Wuji glanced at each other, and Liu Yi called loudly: "This general is Liu Yi, the military governor of the Beifu Army, who is coming?" Why are you pursuing our army? β
Julia was very unaccustomed to the pre-war Q&A of the Serisians, and according to her original intention, she simply bombarded her with a few rows of stone bullets, and sank two ships first, but at this time, she could only follow the customs of the locals, and said patiently: "This will be Julia, the general of the ship and the commander of the navy under the command of the Guangzhou Assassin Shi, who came to kill Huan Xuan on the order of the envoy, and rescued the emperor and empress of your Seris country, no one else, please retreat to both sides immediately!" β
"Huh?" Liu Yi and He Wuji looked at it again, and both showed strange colors, they understood that it was Wei Feng in the history of the Guangzhou assassin, and although the grade of General Lou Chuan's rank was not high, he was only a fifth-grade military attachΓ©, but he belonged to the sequence of military generals in the court, not something that could be appointed by the local assassin history, Wei Feng appointed it privately, and his unsubmissive heart was undoubtedly exposed, but these are nothing, in troubled times, who has no heart to fight?
And they also knew that it was impossible for Wei Feng not to crusade against Huan Xuan. Most of them also pointed directly at Jingjiang Erzhou, Liu Yi only wanted to take Jiangling before Wei Feng as the foundation of his life, but today he was chased by Wei Feng's navy, especially the strength of the army, which shocked their hearts, but these are also understandable, after all, Wei Feng has the ability to exterminate many small countries, and can lead a lone army to destroy the Wei people in the north, and it is not surprising to build a naval army within a few years. What they don't understand is. How could Wei Feng appoint a woman as General Lou Chuan? Or a mastifl? Those naval commanders and Seris countries don't understand what they said!
The two of them didn't know that on the other side of the continent was the Roman Empire, and because of Julia's appearance, they took it for granted that Julia was a Karma, although the Karma had been wiped out. But it's normal to miss a handle.
He Wuji snorted coldly: "Hmph! Unexpectedly, General Wei actually hooked up with the Qianren. If this is the word goes. I'm afraid the whole world will attack it! β
Julia was a little stunned, and Miss Chen hurriedly gave a brief introduction to the various heinous evil deeds of the Qianren, including Shi Hu's indiscriminate killing. The crown prince often beheaded the beautiful concubine, washed off the blood, put it on a plate, passed it on with the guests, and then cooked the meat on the concubine's body to taste together, and many other perverted behaviors that Julia did not dare to imagine.
In Julia's eyes, the Romans crucified the slave rebels on the crosses on the side of the road, making them gradually weakened, and dying of torture was already the harshest punishment, but compared to the Karma, the Romans were obviously nothing!
Suddenly, Julia trembled with anger and said angrily: "I'm a Roman, not a Karma, can it be that your Beifu army will pour sewage on people?" For the sake of the relationship between the envoy and your Beifu army, I will ask the last time, can you let it go? Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude! β
Liu Yi said without showing weakness: "Is Dajiang your family?" My Beifu army came first, why did I give you a yellow-bearded woman to make way? β
But Julia was not angry, but exclaimed excitedly: "Oh, my God, it is wonderful that they will not give way, stone bullets, release!" β
Because the width of the river in the Zhengrongzhou section is only about four miles, and the main channel in the center of the river is only a few hundred zhang wide, more than 100 ships led by Julia sailed side by side every five, and the outermost part was an invincible warship with a length of 40 zhang, and the inner side was an ordinary ship.
Five trebuchets were placed in the bow of each ship, and after an order, a total of twenty-five trebuchets of the five ships opened fire at the same time, and the stone projectiles drew a beautiful arc and smashed down on the ships in front!
"Flutter, flutter!" Most of the stone bullets fell into the river, stirring up a column of water, but a few still hit the target, smashing the deck on the spot, scattering and bursting apart, and the wooden plank fragments flew out like hidden weapons, and several sergeants were cut bloody without even having the idea of dodging!
All the people of the Beifu army are all complexion, in their cognition, in addition to the building ship will be equipped with several trebuchets, in other ships are not seen before, this is not only the bump of the ship seriously affects the accuracy of the trebuchet, more importantly, the trebuchet needs dozens of people to pull together, first, there are not so many people on the ship to serve a slow rate of fire, and the trebuchet is not accurate, this is completely the existence of chicken ribs, and second, if there is a big bump in the process of dragging, it will inevitably be wasted, serious, The poles would break, so the trebuchet could barely fit on a building ship with a crew of two or three thousand people.
But today, the ship on the opposite side was obviously not a building ship, but there were trebuchets, and they could see very clearly that each ship was loaded with five, and each one was operated by only five people!
"Buzz~~" The second round of stone bombs flew into the air again, the firing interval was unimaginably short, this time due to the first round as a calibration, half of them hit the target, and the ships that were hit, although they could not be said to be devastated, were also in a mess, and the deck was shattered!
Julia waved her hand to stop the stone projectile from being fired, and said coldly: "Liu Yi, I believe you can see that I have shown mercy to my subordinates, and now I will ask you the last time, will you let me?" Although the envoy has confessed and persuaded with good words, if your Beifu army does not admit it, I have the right to decide whether to launch a full-scale attack! β
"You" Liu Yi's face was blue, and the trebuchet on the opposite side was powerful, but how could he, Liu Yi, ever be threatened? Especially when he was threatened by an ugly-looking woman, you must know that he doesn't think much of Liu Yu!
He Wuji hurriedly pulled Liu Yi and said in a low voice: "Xile, now that the strength of my Beifu army and navy has not recovered, I am afraid that it will not be good to fight with it, hehe, doesn't that woman want to go over?" Let's simply get out of the way of the waterway, retreat to the river bank first, and when she is halfway crossing, suddenly hit from both sides, even if he is a powerful trebuchet, what can he do? β
"Okay, that's a great idea!" Liu Yi immediately shouted hello, but his face made a look of shame and indignation and had to compromise, and snorted angrily: "This time, I will let you have a chip, and he will come to ask for advice again in the future!" Get out of the way! β
After the flags, the ships of the Beifu Army slowly dispersed towards the river banks on both sides, but Miss Chen's heart moved, and she said suspiciously: "Julia, you have to be careful, the Beifu Army seems to have retreated, but with his arrogant nature, how can he swallow this breath?" If I'm not mistaken, it's likely that they'll strike on both sides while our army is halfway through. β
Julia smiled indifferently: "I'm afraid he won't come!" β
The Beifu Army is worthy of being one of the few elite sailors in the world, the entire retreat process is from the outside to the inside, orderly, and in a short time, it has left a passage about two miles wide in the river, as for the Huan Xuan Navy, there are only a few faint small black dots left.
Julia waved her hand: "Forward!" β
The sailors carried up the big oars and marched towards the Lu, the Beifu army seemed to have no intention of encircling, hovering motionless by the river, but when the sailors in the center of the river crossed a third, the drums on both sides suddenly sounded earth-shattering, and then, the shouting and killing were loud, and the Beifu army turned the bow of the ship one after another, rushing towards the heart of the river, looking at this style, not to break the target fleet into two vows not to stop!
The ships were full of warriors, all armed with bows and crossbows, and the huge stones on the slapsticks were lifted high, and the faster ships were like arrows from the string!
As the distance got closer, the drumbeat became more and more dense, and when the leading warship rushed to about 200 paces, the portholes of the invincible battleship as the outer protection were fully opened, and in the windows of the black holes, a ballista was impressively presented!
The distance between the two sides was closer, and the stone bullets began to fire, and those who fell into the water naturally ignored them, but those who hit the stern were bounced away!
It has three layers of cabins above deck, all of which are wrapped in raw cowhide, strong and fireproof, and each deck has crossbow windows on all sides, which can be used to attack the enemy in all directions, although the shape of the ship is smaller than that of the fighting ship, but the attack power is not inferior to the fighting ship.
At that time, Liu Yu only brought a fighting ship when he took up the post of Juzhang Taishou, that was because the warship had no sail, so he could only drive in the river, and he used the warship when he went to sea, the huge waves and chaotic currents, I am afraid that he would not be able to reach the juzhang for half a year, but on the narrow river, the warship is obviously more suitable than the fighting ship.
Although the number of ships is small, Liu Yi and He Wuji are full of confidence, as long as they can get close to the distance of twenty steps, the thrower will immediately throw a plow dart, which can completely penetrate the opponent's shipside, as for the crossbow arrows and stone projectiles that are fired, there is no need to worry at all, even the rocket can be prevented.
But before the ships rushed up, the side of the opposing ship suddenly made a loud bowstring sound, and the black light shot out, and then the tearing sound was accompanied by a loud bang, and the several ships that rushed to the front froze and spun in place!
The two of them looked at it fixedly, and were immediately shocked, the raw cowhide on the top of the ship was pierced, the thick dart shaft was not in it, there were a few holes in which there was a trace of blood penetrating outward, and the front side of the ship was almost broken, the river was snoring inward, the ship seemed to be the end of the world, and the warriors and sailors jumped into the river one after another!
Liu Yi couldn't believe it: "They can actually launch a plowshare dart from a ship?" β
He Wuji also felt a chill welling up from the depths of his back, the opponent's long-range attack ability was so strong, how could he fight this? If you want to break this navy, the only way is to surround it with a large number of ships, and then attack it with fire, but the current Beifu navy has only about 100 ships, which is obviously unrealistic. (To be continued......)
PS: Xie Luxie's reward ~~~~~~ for the idle years