Chapter 603: Defeat in the first battle

Yan Yi, under Li Yang's order, led fifteen Molong battleships plus hundreds of other high- and middle-level warships to the outside of Liyang City.

At the dock, looking at the large number of small transport ships they had transported, Li Yang nodded with satisfaction, with these small boats crossing the river, the battle should also begin.

Of course, it was not only these small warships that came with the ships, but also many shipbuilders and workers.

Before Yan Yi came, Li Yang ordered people to start building shipyards, and these shipyards were only one of the aspects of shipbuilding, and they were also asked to repair the ships.

Of course, the main body of maintenance is still dominated by high-level warships and above.

In the battle of crossing the river, it is inevitable that small boats will carry people by, and when the boats are hit, there is basically only the rhythm of engulfing, and there is no chance to come back, so naturally there is no need to repair it.

And the big ship, because of the deep draft, should not be close to the shore, otherwise it will be hit by the enemy as a target, but it can be used as a distant blow to clean up the enemy on the shore and help his own soldiers land, which is also the reason why Li Yang asked Yan Yi to bring Molong.

Since you want to strike at the enemy, you will inevitably be counterattacked by the enemy, and damage is inevitable.

These high-class warships can differ from small ships, not only in terms of cost, but also in terms of time.

Not to mention Molong, just a high-level warship, if you want to build it, it will also require a lot of manpower and time to build, if it is lost, manpower and material resources will be in vain.

Although everything was ready, Li Yang did not directly order the attack, and he still had to take advantage of his advantage on the water.

At Zhang Liang's suggestion, Mo Long took the lead and lined up in a row and slowly walked towards the opposite bank.

The enemy on the opposite side observed the whereabouts of Li Yang's battleship, and a large number of soldiers immediately rushed in.

But to their surprise, Mo Long did not come directly to the other side, but stopped in the middle of the river.

After reaching the range of the dragon, the crossbow loaded on the dragon began to fire a salvo at the enemy on the opposite bank, and the enemy was obviously taken by surprise, and thousands of casualties were killed and wounded in just one round.

This means that the attack range of the city-defending crossbow is too small, and if you change to the Red Refining Chariot, the number of enemies killed will definitely increase by dozens of times.

Although the reloading speed of the crossbow is faster than that of the Red Refining Chariot, it is a large weapon after all, and it still takes a little time, and it is at this time that the enemy's generals have reacted and urgently ordered all the soldiers to retreat slowly.

Looking at the situation in front of him, Li Yang, who was standing on the ink dragon, couldn't help frowning and sighing, "The enemy's generals are not idle people!" ’

After all, there were so many of them, and they were caught off guard and caused a little confusion, and they were able to lead the army so quickly to calm down and retreat.

However, this did not affect Zhang Liang's plan, and Mo Long's next round of attacks fired out again in a volley, and then continued to turn the bow of the ship, like the other side of the river, and after regaining the range, the city defense crossbow was fired again.

Because of the height of the dragon and the fact that the crossbow of the city was longer than that of the archers, it was almost a one-sided blow, and even if the enemy retreated repeatedly, it could not completely avoid casualties.

Of course, Zhang Liang and Li Yang also knew that they couldn't rely on this ink dragon alone to beat the opposite side, and because of the size of the ink dragon, too close to the shore might cause it to run aground, so they just planned to retreat after suppressing a wave by force.

But when they stopped the boat again, intending to carry out the last wave of attacks, in a small jungle on the opposite bank, countless open flames suddenly lit up, and then with a shout, these stars were dotted and brushed like ink dragons on the Yangtze River.

"Rocket!" Li Yang's eyesight was better, and when the fire flew in, he saw the appearance clearly, and hurriedly said to Yan Yi: "Quickly retreat!" ”

Yan Yi knew that the matter was serious, and hurriedly used the banner to give the order, and all the ink dragons gave up this wave of attacks and hurriedly retreated.

But after all, the ink dragon is larger, even if it is driven by a mechanism, it is not so easy to turn around, and it has been eating three waves of arrow rain before escaping and evacuating.

Fortunately, the outer layer of the ink dragon is wrapped in ink bamboo, this material is soft and resolute and not easy to burn, although some places are still inevitably burned, but the town navy handled it properly and did not suffer much damage.

Just as Li Yang listened to the soldier's report on the situation of the ship and breathed a sigh of relief, Zhang Liang said loudly.

"Big brother, the enemy's generals are afraid that they are extraordinary."

When Li Yang heard this, he frowned and nodded, "It's really not easy to react in such a quick time, and to ambush archers in the jungle when we don't know it, but second brother, you can just do it, and then don't get too close to the shore." ”

"No!"

As long as it doesn't enter the archer's shooting range, then the ink dragon can occupy an absolute advantage.

In the following days, almost every day, Mo Long would 'wander' on the river several times, as long as the enemy was close to the shore, he would launch a merciless attack on the opposite side, although he did not kill many enemies, but he was completely pressed and beaten.

This continued for 10 days, and after 10 days, the enemy was no longer near the waterfront and was out of range of the dragon.

Looking at the enemy's situation, Li Yang knew that the time had come, so he took advantage of the dense fog in the early morning and ordered Mo Long to hit the head again and slowly sail towards the opposite bank.

But this time, behind Mo Long, there were small warships densely packed with soldiers.

There was already heavy fog today, and visibility on the river was even lower.

Fortunately, the boats are not far apart, and Mo Long has many sailing experiences, so it should not be difficult to get to the predetermined place.

After a short voyage, Mo Long arrived at the designated place safely, there are still dozens of meters away from the shore, the water depth in front of him has not been tested, Mo Long can not go any further, so he stands sideways, on guard at any time, and get out of the way, let the boat behind him land.

Everything was silent, and there was no reaction from the other side, just when Li Yang and the others thought that the action was going well, a rough voice sounded on the other side.

"Li Yang Xiao'er, knowing that you will come in the dense fog today, I have already ordered someone to wait in the river in a small boat to wait for the report of your whereabouts, now that it is close, you soldiers and horses will stay here, come and beat the drums and attack!"

This person's voice is strong, and it can be heard from so far away, which shows that his strength is extraordinary, and as soon as his voice fell, he heard the thunderous sound of drums on the other side, and it was accompanied by countless sounds of breaking the air.

At this distance, it is needless to say that this rain of arrows is accompanied by a large number of stout crossbows and huge stones.

Li Yang was the first to notice it, his eyes widened, and he hurriedly ordered his soldiers to retreat.

The enemy had already moved the siege equipment over, which meant that they had already prepared, and if they still forcibly landed and attacked, they were afraid that they would definitely be defeated, so Li Yang did not hesitate.

The small troop carriers, because they were fully loaded, were very slow, and most of the small warships that crossed the Molong advance had been destroyed and killed.

Li Yang looked at these dead and wounded, gritted his teeth, and gave an order to Yan Yi.

The ink dragon blocked the attack, first covered the boat to withdraw from the attack range, and ordered all the crossbows on the ship to return fire, Li Yang believed that with the hardness of the dragon would not be easily destroyed.

Looking at the giant crossbow bolts shot at the ink dragon, it can be inferred that the enemy's siege equipment is actually weaker than Li Yangfang's, and the ink dragon can also inflict a lot of damage on the enemy during the counterattack during the withdrawal of his own soldiers.

When the boats had been evacuated, Mo Long began to make a quick U-turn and evacuate the place.

Fortunately, Li Yang has an absolute dominance address on the water, and the enemy does not dare to pursue.

In the end, everyone returned to Liyang to count, and the battle lost more than 20,000 troops, because on the water, they basically couldn't come back if they fell into the water, so there were not many wounded, but there were tens of thousands.

There are also several Molong and high-grade warships, which are even more seriously damaged, and the high-level ones are almost unable to come back.

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