Chapter 537: Vicious Battle against Baicun River (3)

Under the launch of the Japanese Kou, but seeing the wood pulp flying up and down, the waves splashing, hundreds of boats competing for the current, quite spectacular, it really seems to be the same thing, but then the Japanese are the Japanese Kou, although they are barely regarded as a hundred battles, but unfortunately all of them are playing in their own homes, really charged, and soon showed their feet - at the beginning of the previous launch, the entire fleet could barely maintain a herringbone formation, but it didn't take long to see the ships fighting for the first place, the whole formation was all messed up, and all the ships were squeezed into a big lump, Just rushed towards the Tang army's ship formation in a chaotic manner.

"Quick, speed up, lean in, kill Tang Kou!" Seeing that his side had rushed to a distance of only three hundred paces from the Tang army, and the ships of the Tang army remained motionless, neither came to meet the battle, nor launched a ballista to attack, he mistakenly thought that the Tang army was frightened by his own heroic charge, and excitedly waved the big blade in his hand, and roared wildly, which immediately attracted a group of Japanese robbers to echo in unison, and for a time the river was full of arrogant shouts of the Japanese invaders.

"Ballista ready, first discharge!" In the face of the rampant Japanese invaders, Niu Jinda smiled coldly, silently calculated the distance between the two sides in his heart, and when most of the Japanese ships entered the distance of one hundred and thirty steps in front of the Tang army array, he waved his hand vigorously and issued an attack order, but as soon as the flag was raised, all of a sudden, sixteen stone throwers on the front deck of the first row of eight building ships and eight fighting ships of the Tang army ship formation had been on standby for a long time, and threw the boulder with the size of the millstone into the sky, roaring and smashing into the fleet of the Japanese naval division who rushed to kill.

In the face of the attack of more than a dozen boulders, a group of Japanese robbers had no way to hide at all - after all, the boat on the river was not a land horse, how could there be such a space to dodge, so they could only row and sprint desperately, trying to break through the interception of the Tang army's stone thrower, as for who the boulder falling from the sky would hit on the head, it could only depend on luck, obviously, three small boats unfortunately became the victims of the first round of attacks of the Tang army's stone thrower, but when they saw the huge stones roaring down, they not only killed several unlucky soldiers on the ship, Even the bottom of the ship was smashed out of a big hole, and the poor soldiers on the boat who were lucky enough to avoid the boulder were busy for a long time and could not block the hole, so they could only sit and watch the ship enter and sink rapidly, and one by one the ghosts and wolves howled and floated up and down on the river.

"Second discharge!"

"Third discharge!"

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With a series of orders issued, the big ships of the Tang Army, which were divided into four columns, launched a boulder attack, but seeing the huge boulder roaring in the air, the water splashed on the river, and six more warships in the Japanese fleet fell victim to the boulder rain, three of which sank immediately, and the other two were just a guy on the side of the ship, although there was no big problem, but the balance of the hull was damaged, and the speed immediately slowed down, and was far behind by the charging fleet, and the remaining boulder hit the boat of Park Shitian Laijin, Two hapless soldiers were stoned to death and the upper deck of the ship was pierced, but the castration was blocked by the ballast in the bilge, and the bottom of the ship was not penetrated.

"Baga, fight back, quick, fight back!" Park Shitian Laijin had been lucky enough to avoid the boulder that was obviously headed for him, and when he saw that his side had lost six loach boats before he had engaged the enemy, his heart was on fire, and he finally came to a distance of more than 80 paces before rushing into the Tang army's formation, and immediately shouted.

Although the number of fleets led by Park Ichida Laijin is more than 100, there are only more than 30 of the larger ships, and these ships are also equipped with ballistas, but they are not fired by stones, but rockets, of course, not the powerful rockets of later generations, in fact, they are wrapped in oilcloth on the steel crossbows and ignited before launch, so as to attack the enemy ships, not to mention the short range, the power is pitiful, as for the long-range attacks of other ships, they can only rely on the archers on board to launch attacks. After the order was given, a group of Japanese warships began to counterattack desperately, but saw more than 30 rockets mixed with dense locust feather arrows whistling towards the Tang warship in front of them, the momentum was not small, and the accuracy was quite good, most of the rockets hit the Tang warship, but unfortunately the results were minimal - the important parts of the Tang warship were covered with raw cowhide, which was not easy to ignite, and the Tang warship was large, and the skin was thick and thick, even if there was some fire in some unimportant places, it could be extinguished with a casual pounce. The more than 30 rockets of the Japanese army attacked past, and not even a single hair of the Tang army was injured, but the random arrows fired by the archers on those small boats achieved some results, and more than 20 soldiers on the deck of the Tang fleet were shot down.

This time, the counterattack of the Japanese army obviously annoyed the Tang army, and the ships of the Tang army, which had been restrained before, immediately let go of their hands and feet, and the stone throwers on the front and rear decks of each ship were fully opened, and countless boulders rose into the sky, flying in the air, and the crossbowmen of the ships also stood up from behind the partition, shooting non-stop, and in an instant, countless feather arrows covered the Japanese fleet that was desperately approaching, and in an instant, a bloody storm was set off in the Japanese fleet, and more than ten ships that rushed to the forefront were smashed and leaked. There were countless people who fell into the water with arrows, and the miserable howls were so loud that they couldn't even hold the rudder, and many ships were squeezed together, and the whole scene could only be described as "miserable."

"Big brother, I can't stop it, let's withdraw first." While blocking the flying arrows with his shield in a panic, he looked at his own fleet with the corner of his eye, and saw that the surrounding ships were completely chaotic, and his heart panicked, and he shouted at Park Ichida Laijin in a hurry.

"Fart, rush, rush up for Lao Tzu!" Seeing that he hadn't even touched the side of the Tang Army's ship, nearly twenty boats had been damaged, and his eyes were red with distress, so he was willing to retreat, wielding his big sword to block the arrows, rushing to the deck and stretching out his legs to kick the sailors who were lying on the ground to avoid the arrows, and scolded angrily: "Get out, row, fast, row!" ”

In the face of the ferocity of Pu Shitian Laijin, a group of sailors were forced to have no choice but to climb up in the rain of arrows, desperately rowing the boat, although from time to time someone was hit by an arrow and fell miserably, but the rest of the ships did not care about the oars and wiped out of the chaotic fleet, and the rest of the ships saw that the flagship was so brave, they all mustered up their courage, while braving the overwhelming stones and arrows of the Tang army to rush forward, while bravely shooting arrows to counterattack.

The distance of 80 steps between the two armies is not a long time, but for the Japanese fleet in dire straits, this short distance is a hellish journey with blood and tears - in order to rush through these 80 steps, the Japanese naval division has paid the price of 12 ships sinking in battle, and since the start of the war, the Japanese forward fleet has lost 31 large and small ships, killed and wounded more than 1,000 people, and finally rushed to the front of the Tang army array, it is said that it can start the battle, but unfortunately - when the Japanese warships rushed to the front of the Tang army fleet, Only then did I find that the ships of the Tang Army were tall, and the ships of the Japanese Kingdom were all shorter than the boss, so they couldn't climb the side of the Tang Army at all, and they were all dumbfounded immediately.

The shooting rod, also known as the orange tree, the Eastern Jin Dynasty initially appeared, the Northern and Southern Dynasties have been popularized, is the use of the principle of leverage, build a large T-shaped movable frame on the ship, tie the boulder to the rope, set on the crossbar, one end of the hanging stone, the other end of the person pull the rope to maintain balance When approaching with the enemy ship, the boulder will be turned to the enemy ship over, and then loosen the rope pulled by the person, the boulder will be smashed to the enemy ship, the boulder can be used repeatedly, the operation is flexible, it is a very destructive heavy melee weapon, can only be loaded on large ships, There are only eighteen building ships in the Tang army fleet equipped with this thing, this kind of big guy is extremely powerful, but it can only be used for close combat, can not attack from afar, if the Japanese fleet does not rush closer, the slap rod can only be used as a decoration, partial to the Japanese people are so happy, look down on other ships of the Tang army, as soon as they rush to the front, nine of the ten ships are rushing to the Tang army's building ship, so that the fun is great.

"Up, down!"

"Turn, smash!"

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As the commanders of the ships of the Tang Army gave orders one after another, the six slapping rods equipped on the ships of the Tang Army turned away one after another, one by one, and smashed the warships of the Japanese Kingdom that surrounded the generals into the north and south, but all the warships of the Japanese Kingdom that were smashed were not sunk, no, just a face, the warships of the Japanese Kingdom that rushed to the array of the Tang Army had been sunk fifteen or six, and before the warships of the Japanese Army could react, the fighting ships in the Tang Army's formation also began to exert their might. The strong bow can be vigorously greeted, and the Japanese sailors can't find the north.

"Big brother, retreat quickly, you can't stop it, when the main force of the giant god arrives, it's not too late to fight." Seeing that his own warships were sinking one after another, Park Ichida Jiro was anxious, grabbed Pak Ichida Laijin's arm, and pleaded bitterly.

"Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw!" Up to now, although Park Shitian Laijin was depressed in his heart, he couldn't bear it anymore when he saw that his warships were not in line with the Tang army, so he stomped his feet angrily and gave the order to retreat.

In the face of the dense ship formation of the Tang army, it is not easy to rush in, and it is not so easy to withdraw - without waiting for the Japanese naval division to turn around and flee, the small warships such as the Tang army's yachts, boats, and ships hidden behind the array have been killed, and the water dogs are beatenOtherwise, with the strength of the Tang fleet, it would be possible to eat up all the remaining more than 50 warships under the command of Pak Shitian Laijin.

Miserable, extremely miserable! From the time of the time of the main card to the time of the hour, to the hour of the hour, but just a little more than half an hour, Park Shi Tian Laijin under more than 100 large and small warships, more than 6,500 troops can escape only 52 warships, and most of them are with varying degrees of damage, more than 2,000 soldiers killed in the battle, more than 800 seriously injured, it can be said that nearly half of the loss, such a heavy loss made the generals who had just arrived on the battlefield all dumbfounded, for a time the former ministers of the giant god did not dare to directly enter the attack, Instead, he hurriedly summoned Park Shitian Laijin to the flagship of the Chinese army to inquire about the situation.

"Park Shitianjun, what the hell is going on, you have to give General Ben an explanation!" On the deck of the flagship of the Chinese army, the former minister of the giant god looked at the embarrassed Pu Shitian Laijin for a long time, and then asked angrily.

"My lord, the last general, the last general......" Faced with such a fiasco, Park Shitian Laijin opened his mouth for a long time, and he couldn't help but say why.

"Say, what the hell is going on? Haven't you always boasted of your heroism, why did you lose your troops and lose your troops to this point! Before he could speak, Abe Hirafu, who had just arrived from the right-wing fleet, had already kicked Kakushida Raijin unceremoniously, glared and scolded.

Baekje Prince Yu Chungsheng saw that Park Ichida Laijin's face was red and red, and he couldn't bear it, so he hurriedly stood up from the side and said: "General Abe Yintian is angry, General Park Ichida is not a person who is afraid of war, and he has done his best, and it is not too late to say anything." ”

"Humph, rubbish!" Abe led Tian Chen Hirov to see that his husband Yu Zhongsheng came forward to intercede, and it was not good to attack Park Ichi Tian Laijin again, so he snorted coldly, walked to the side of the giant god Qianchen Yiyu and stood down, and looked at Park Ichi Tian Laijin coldly, his face was full of contempt that could not be concealed.

"Lord in front of the giant god, the last general is greedy for merit for a while, and he fell into Tang Kou's trick, is it the last general's is not, the last general begs the lord to give the last general another chance, and the last general is willing to lead his troops to rush again, and he will fight to the death, not to break Tang Kou, come and see you!" Park Shitian Laijin did not check his reckless use of soldiers, but he blamed all the blame on Tang Jun's tricks, and shouted with his neck stalked.

"Hmph, this ......" Abe Hirafu wanted to be a pioneer when he heard that Park Ichida had lost the battle, and he was annoyed, and his mouth was open, and he was about to scold again.

"Hmm." As the commander-in-chief, he didn't want to see the conflict between the two generals before the battle formation, so he waved his hand and interrupted Abe's words to Hirafu, and glanced at Kamimaono-kun, who was always silent, and said, "General Childish, what do you think about this?" ”

At this time, he heard the translation of the former ministers of the giant god to ask each other, and did not answer immediately, but frowned and looked at the Tang army ship formation in the distance, took a deep breath and said: "Our army is defeated, and the enemy does not chase, if it is not for him to change the formation easily, there is a deception." ”

"Oh?" The former minister of the Great Power God nodded thoughtfully, but did not express his position, but turned to Pu Shitian Laijin, and asked thoughtfully: "Pu Shitianjun, what is the strange thing about Tang Kou's array?" ”

Park Shitian Laijin is just a brave man, he has no command ability, he is barely okay to charge the battle, and it is really too difficult for him to say the mystery of the Tang Army's formation, poor Park Shitian Laijin frowned and thought for a long time, so he only held back one sentence: "Only the power is big, there is nothing else." ”

"Let's talk about the previous battle, and I have my own decision." Seeing that Pu Shitian Laijin couldn't answer the reason, he shook his head with a wry smile and hurriedly asked.

"Yes, the last general has led the troops to this ......" Park Shitian Laijin babbled for a long time, and then described the before and after of the battle in detail, which inevitably exaggerated his own heroic and invincible elements, but he finally said some methods in the Tang Army's battle, and all the generals frowned, and no one made a comment on Park Shitian's words for a while.

To fight or not to fight? All the generals are a little at a loss - no war? The danger of Zhouliucheng can not be lifted, once Zhouliucheng falls, that is, there is no danger to defend, and there is no army to adjust the Baekje royal city Sihyun will not be guaranteed, the capital is lost, the destruction of Baekje is in sight, once the Tang army frees up its hand, Xiongjin can not be defended, and the dream of the Wa Kingdom to set foot on the mainland will also be shattered, this is not a result that the former ministers of the giant god can accept, but do you really want to fight, in the face of the fiasco of the forward fleet, all the generals are a little weak in their hearts, and they dare not say lightly that they can completely destroy the Tang army fleet in a war, But it is not a way to go on like this, not to mention that the grain and grass at the end of Zhou Liucheng will be exhausted, and there is not much grain in the Japanese Hundred Alliance, so it is impossible to confront the Tang Army Fleet so without a fight or discord, and what to do has become a difficult problem that the Japanese Hundred Alliance Army must decide as soon as possible.

"Damn, these turtle grandsons didn't move for a long time, it seems that the previous battle was too ruthless, and the turtle sons were scared." Seeing that it had been more than half an hour since the Japanese Hundred Coalition Army arrived on the battlefield, but they had never launched an attack, Niu Jinda, who was waiting impatiently, scratched his head boringly, and scolded Hao Wanshan, the deputy general and deputy general standing beside him.

"Ha, God knows how those turtle grandsons could be so unbeaten, I'm afraid they really don't dare to attack this time, they have a headache." What Hao Wanshan was thinking in his heart was obviously consistent with Niu Jinda's judgment, shook his head with a wry smile, and echoed.

"That's it, since they don't dare to attack, it's not a head to wait like this, just change the formation, ***, the old man doesn't believe that these miscellaneous people can really calm down." Niu Jinda smiled, waved his hand, and ordered in a loud voice: "Order: The Chinese army will not move, turn the wings back, maintain a good formation, and retreat as advance!" Niu Jin gave this order, the horns in the Tang army formation sounded in unison, the flag flipped over, and the left and right flanks of the fleet immediately began to turn, putting on a posture of preparing to evacuate.

"Look, everyone, the Tang Army has moved!" Just as the generals of the Japanese Hundred Coalition Army were thinking hard about countermeasures, a partial general noticed the change in the formation of the Tang Army and hurriedly shouted loudly.

"Huh? The Tang Army is about to withdraw! Abe took a look at Hirafu, and immediately judged that the purpose of the Tang army's turn was to withdraw the troops, and he couldn't help but exclaim.

"Lord Ju Zhengshen, you can't let the Tang army escape, once the Tang army returns to the water village, it will have land support, our army is bound to be more difficult to attack, without further ado, please give the order to attack quickly." The prince of Baekje was concerned about the safety of Zhou Liucheng, and when he saw that the Tang army was about to withdraw his troops, he was anxious, and he bowed his hand to the translation of the former minister of the giant power god, and his tone was eager to beg for help.

"This ......" The former minister of the giant god hesitated and did not dare to make a decision immediately, and hesitated to look at the house book dragon enemy without the child of the Wild Wild Gentleman, and when he saw the Upper Wild Monarch Child, he nodded quietly, and then he made a heart, waved his hand and said: "Okay, all the monarchs will return to the ship immediately, listen to the orders of the general, and prepare to attack!" ”

"Hey!" Seeing that the translation of the former ministers of the Great Power God had finally made a decision, the generals of the Japanese Hundred Alliance Army secretly breathed a sigh of relief, agreed in unison, and rushed to the small boats moored next to the flagship, hurriedly rushed back to their respective cars, mobilized their ships, and prepared to pursue the Tang fleet that wanted to escape, and a decisive battle on the water was about to begin......

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