Chapter 133: Fire God Zhou Yu vs. Master Navigation Zheng He!
The Goryeo turtle ship swallowed poisonous mist, enveloping the Jiangdong sailors in front, and many Jiangdong soldiers were paralyzed and fell on the deck.
"What kind of monster is this?"
When fighting with the turtle ship for the first time, the Gangdong soldiers were not familiar with the combat methods of the Goryeo turtle ships, and when they fought with the turtle ships, the poisonous mist emitted from the dragon's head caused many Jiangdong soldiers to lose their combat effectiveness.
Gan Ning held a sharp blade in his hand, and after destroying the soldiers of a warship again, he looked up at the approaching turtle ship and grabbed the rope.
With a bang, the turtle boat hit the ship, and the impact destroyed the ship, the wood fell, and Gan Ning almost fell into the sea!
Yi Sunsin commanded the turtle ship to crash through Lü Meng's fleet, and the bed crossbows and bowl mouth guns on both sides of the turtle ship fired a salvo, covering the Soochow warships along the way!
Crossbow arrows and stone bullets shattered the hull of the Soochow warship, and dozens of Soochow sailors were shot by the turtle ship!
The Soochow warships also fired at the turtle ship fleet, and the crossbow arrows and bows were resisted by the dome and hull of the turtle ship, and the latter was like a hedgehog!
The turtle ship's defenses come into play, blocking most of the crossbow arrows.
"Use fire arrows, gunpowder arrows, and burn hard sails!"
Lü Meng saw that the defense of the turtle ship was amazing, blocking the rain of arrows and stones from the Jiangdong warship, so he took fire to attack.
Thousands of fire bolts and gunpowder arrows cover the turtle ship and concentrate on attacking the turtle ship's sails!
The hard sail burned, black smoke billowed and the canvas was constantly falling with fire, and the mast was set on fire.
"My lord, the turtle boat is out of control, maybe the sails have been destroyed!"
Yi Sunsin was commanding one of the turtle boats, which suddenly lost control and shook violently in the cabin.
"Use the oars and manpower the boat!"
Oars several meters long stretched out from the sides of the turtle boat and fell into the water, and the sailors paddled hard to control the direction.
At this time, a three-deck building ship hit the turtle ship where Yi Sunsin was, and the huge impact force almost destroyed the turtle ship!
The turtle boat was knocked out more than ten meters, and the Goryeo sailors staggered!
In the face of the turtle ship on the closed deck, Lu Meng and Gan Ning were unable to engage in broadside battles, so Lu Meng adopted the simplest and rude way, relying on the size advantage of the large building ship and the large Fu ship of the Han Empire, to hit the turtle ship!
"Attack!"
Tongque pressed his sword, stood on a Zheng Hebao ship, and urged the Jiangdong Navy Division to attack in an all-out way!
The Gangdong Navy Division opened the way with a big ship and broke the Goryeo turtle ship fleet!
The originally dense turtle ships were scattered in front of the larger eighth- and ninth-level warships.
However, the turtle ship has the bonus of Yi Sunsin, but it is only washed away, and it is not so easy to destroy.
"Hook the turtle boat!"
A group of small fire attack ships appeared, and the Soochow sailors hooked the edge of the turtle boat with flying hooks, and then set fire to the hay on the boat. Driven by the wind and waves, the blazing fire attack ship hits the turtle ship and directly incinerates the hull of the turtle ship!
About ten turtle ships were attacked by fire, and the flames soared into the sky, and the expensive warships were destroyed!
Zheng Zhilong took advantage of the fact that Yi Sunsin's turtle boat crashed into the Lü Meng fleet, and commanded his own ship to break out of the encirclement and return to the southbound Fubo army fleet.
With 400,000 Fubo troops, even Zheng He, an emperor-level commander, could not provide bonuses for so many warships and soldiers, so the Fubo army needed six naval generals to command together.
When Li Sunsin pinned down the vanguard fleets of Lü Meng and Gan Ning, Zheng He led the Chinese army, Yu Yunwen led the left army, and Chen Ling led the right army, and put pressure on the Jiangdong naval division on three sides.
Xu Sheng led small nimble ships to escort the front of the Chinese army, which had the largest number of large warships, to block the fire attack ships that might encounter.
After Zheng Zhilong fled back, he quickly took over a fleet of about 300 fighting ships, ships, and boats, and took on the same task as Xu Sheng.
Zhou Yu's fire attack was very fierce, and Zheng He had to consider how to induce Zhou Yu to use fire to attack the ship and successfully avoid Zhou Yu's fire attack.
Engaging in a broadside battle was a better option for the Fubo army.
The waves are churning, and even the Daifuku ship is constantly leaning.
Zheng He's cloak was hunting, and he was always keeping an eye on the changing direction of the wind.
Large sailing ships are bulky, changing course is not as easy as you think, and it is even more difficult for thousands of fleets to turn.
"Maybe the strong winds and waves make it more difficult for the Jiangdong Navy Division's fire attack."
Zheng He can roughly speculate on the impact of the waves on different ships by the tilt of the Daifuku ship in the wind and waves.
The Jiangdong Navy Division puffed up its sails, and the distance between it and the Fubo Army became closer and closer.
Zhou Yu is also always alert to changes in wind direction, as well as looking for the timing and direction of releasing the fire attack ship.
The Chinese army of the Fubo army was in the downwind direction, and thousands of warships crossed the sea, and the formation was dense.
"Gan Ning and Sun En's two fleets, covering the fire attack ships!"
Zhou Yu found the opportunity and finally used fire to attack!
In front of the Jiangdong Naval Division, the fire attack ships loaded with hay, rags, and fire oil sailed at full speed to ambush the Chinese army of the Polish army!
Jiangdong Tiger General Gan Ning and Wudou Mijiao military general Sun En led the warships and fighting ships to cover.
Gan Ning held a sharp blade in his hand, led the Jinfan thief, rode the first team of ships, and with the help of the wind, he sang and marched forward!
Xu Sheng and Zheng Zhilong tried to intercept the fire attack fleet of the Jiangdong Naval Division, while Gan Ning tried his best to break through the blockade of Xu Sheng and Zheng Zhilong and open a breakthrough for the fire attack fleet!
Ten thousand arrows are fired in unison, and the ships are striking!
"Crash them away!"
The naval battle of Ganning was extremely brave and rampant!
Many fire attack ships relied on their flexible and small size to pass through the fleets of Xu Sheng and Zheng Zhilong!
"Burn these ships with fire bolts!"
Xu Sheng was extremely jealous of the fire attack ship.
The target of the fire attack ship is not the small and medium-sized warships commanded by Xu Sheng and Zheng Zhilong, but Zheng He's Dafu ship and Lou ship!
The archers of Xu Sheng and Zheng Zhilong's two fleets release fire arrows!
The fire attack ships were covered by the fire arrows, and many fire attack ships were burned by the fire arrows, and the fire soared to the sky!
"The fire of these fire attack ships is so terrible......"
Xu Sheng's eyes reflected the sky-high firelight.
Zhou Yu's bonus fire attack ship has higher fire attack damage and rolls up raging fire faster!
If these fire-attacking ships get close, the Daifuku ship and the building ship may be burned quickly.
Rumble!
When Xu Sheng was attracted by the fire attack ship, a fighting ship of the Wu army hit the warship where Xu Sheng was, and the terrifying impact force spread throughout the entire warship in an instant, the plank broke, and Xu Sheng fell heavily on the deck!
When Xu Sheng got up, a fierce general with a tiger's back jumped onto the fighting ship where Xu Sheng was with a dozen brocade thieves.
The arriving warrior was shirtless, with bronze muscles tattooed like steel, and held a large knife in his hand.
"Kill him!"
Sergeant Xia armed with a spear and launched an attack on the enemy general.
"No!"
Xu Sheng saw that the general was majestic, full of murderous energy, and there was a lot of enemy blood, and it was speculated that the strength of the arriving Wu army general must not be low.
A dozen Xia soldiers and soldiers could not be his opponent at all!
Sure enough, the big sword was like a dragon, and more than a dozen Xia soldiers were quickly killed by the fierce general of the Wu army and fell to the ground.
"Abominable ......"
Xu Sheng originally had some confidence in his own force, but in front of Gan Ning, Xu Sheng's personal force could not be Gan Ning's opponent.
"Die!"
Gan Ning walked and killed Xu Sheng!
The big knife glowed with cold light, and he slashed Xu Sheng seventeen times in a row, Xu Sheng supported it hard, and was almost killed by Gan Ning!
As a high-level sailor soldier, the Jinfan Thief occupied the entire fighting ship when Gan Ning and Xu Sheng were fighting, and the Xia soldiers of the fighting ship were almost wiped out!
"General Xu, we're here to help you!"
A warp approached the fighting ship where Xu Sheng was, and Sergeant Xia boarded the ship to help Xu Sheng.
Gan Ning's big knife slashed, and the Xia soldiers who supported Xu Sheng were also killed by Gan Ning!
"Don't engage it at war and burn this fighting ship!"
Xu Sheng knew that Gan Ning's force was unparalleled in water warfare, and he would suffer a great loss in close combat with Gan Ning.
So, Xu Sheng retreated to the ship, threw torches at the fighting ship, burned the original fighting ship, and did not give Gan Ning a chance to capture his own warship.
The fire spread on the deck of the fighting ship, and Gan Ning had to evacuate the ship.
The entire sea was covered with warships, and hundreds of ships were already on fire, and the sea was full of firelight and black smoke.
About 300 fire attack ships broke through the blockade of Xu Sheng and Zheng Zhilong, and approached the main force of Zheng He's fleet under the cover of the generals of the Wu army, Gan Ning and Sun En!
"Set fire!"
After estimating the distance enough, the soldier Wu on the fire attack ship began to set fire to it, and then jumped into the sea!
With the help of the wind, the fire attack ship is bound to win!
The threat of 300 burning ships or ships was extremely high, and if the fire attack ships were allowed to get close to Zheng He's main fleet, then the main fleet of the Fubo army would be destroyed by Zhou Yu's fire attack ships.
"Change course, left sideboard!"
With the order given by Zheng He's flagship, the central army of the Fubo army began to sail to the left. Zheng He's SS-class feature "Seven Voyages to the West" has an effect, reducing the adverse effects of headwinds and increasing the sailing speed of the fleet!
When Zhou Yu made a big move to attack the ship with fire, Zheng He tried his best to avoid it.
In addition, a second fleet of ships and boats appeared from Zheng He's fleet and stepped forward to block the attacking ships that had slipped through the net.
The fire took advantage of the wind, and the fire attack ship struck the ship and the ship, and the latter was engulfed by the raging fire!
Whether it was Zheng He, Yu Yunwen, or Chen Lan, they were all shocked by the power of the fireboat.
Zhou Yu's Fire Attack Ship has a special bonus, and once it comes into contact with the Fire Attack Ship cast by Zhou Yu, then it is very likely that the ship will be immediately consumed by the fire and turned to ashes.
All the sailors of Zheng He's fleet rowed hard and tried to change course.
Tongque and Zhou Yu's estimates were still skewed, Zheng He, as a master navigator, could increase the speed of the fleet, and at the most critical moment, most of the ships avoided Zhou Yu's fire attack ships.
Zhou Yu's attack ships brushed past Zheng He's fleet, and about 200 ships on the right side of Zheng He's fleet were attacked by Zhou Yu's attack ships.
A 1,500-material Daifuku ship was hit by two fire attack ships, and soon, the raging fire spread to the Daifuku ship, and the entire Daifuku ship fell into a sea of fire!
The three-deck building ship was extremely vulnerable in the face of the fire attack, and the sailors and soldiers standing on both sides of the building ship with halberds could not extinguish the fire, so they could only choose to abandon the huge building ship and jump into the water to escape.
The flames were so fierce that when the fire attack ships collided with two hundred warships, the sea was also illuminated by the fire caused by the fire attack.
However, sacrificing two hundred warships, Zheng He's main force was in danger and avoided Zhou Yu's fire attack ships!
Tong Que and Zhou Yu changed color slightly almost at the same time.
Their estimates of Zheng He's fleet were skewed.
Zheng He's SSS-class trait "Seven Voyages to the Western Ocean", the fleet sailing speed is +1%-40%, because it is a random value, so if Zheng He's trait triggers a 40% fleet sailing speed bonus, then Zhou Yu's estimation of using fire attack according to the wind speed will have a huge deviation!
The difference is a millimeter, and the loss is a thousand miles!
Zhou Yu's fire attack ability was undoubted, but he did not achieve the expected brilliant results.
At this time, Zheng He's fleet converged with Yu Yunwen's left army and swept towards the Jiangdong Naval Division!