Chapter 46: Encounters at Sea
Xiao Zhao is worthy of being the daughter of a grandmaster-level navigator in the Yitian World, after the initial panic, with the understanding and familiarity with the performance of the warship and the urgent urging in her heart, she quickly stabilized her mind, and under her command, the speed of the warship quickly increased a lot, this result made a group of Mingjiao master disciples amazed, and the previous suspicion of Li Xuan's order also completely disappeared with Xiao Zhao's excellent expression.
Xiao Zhao has no intention of hiding his purpose, or there is no need to hide it at all, including Li Xuan, although the masters of the Ming Sect are all strong, but in the face of this vast sea, they can't help but feel small, not to mention that Li Xuan's trip to sea this time, in addition to the dragon slaying knife that must be obtained, the biggest purpose is to attract Zhao Min's attention, so that Yang Xiao and the others who stay behind can easily complete the plan they left behind, at present, the main goal is not to find Xie Xun to obtain the dragon slaying knife, Rather, it is to deal with Zhao Min's upcoming naval offensive.
"Sect Master, look, it's a Mongol warship!" Zhao Min didn't let Li Xuan wait too long, only two hours after going to sea, several huge and majestic giant warships appeared in everyone's sight, and when they counted carefully, there were ten giant Mongolian warships surrounded from three directions.
At this time, although Mongolia is looming in civil strife, it is still rich in the four seas, dominating the world, and the naval warship is the essence of the technology and wisdom of the entire Eurasian continent of various peoples, this kind of top warship, can be called the top warship of the current era, as for the Mingjiao disciple before going to sea, this warship carefully developed by the giant wooden flag and the flood flag can be compared with this kind of top warship, after seeing the Mongolian warship that has a hull of eight or nine zhang, which can be called a giant warship of a sea fortress, Li Xuan did not believe it.
This small warship, in front of the huge Mongolian warship, is like an ordinary person looking up at a giant, and his mind is almost desperate.
"Boom~"
There were no superfluous words, and even Li Xuan hadn't found Zhao Min's figure from the opponent's battleship, and with a loud thunderous sound, a cannonball slammed into Li Xuan's battleship less than ten feet, setting off a huge wave that shook the small warship.
"Childe, what should I do?" Although Xiao Zhao got the true transmission of Dai Qisi's navigation skills, after all, he had never experienced a battle formation, and it was okay to command a sea ship to sail, but if it was a battle array duel, Xiao Zhao, who had no experience in war, suddenly panicked and looked at Li Xuan with a sad gaze.
"Don't panic, the more panicked you are now, the easier it is to make mistakes, from now on, command the warship with peace of mind, keep it steady, and leave the rest to me." Li Xuan took a deep breath, and the bull head said to Wu Sandao: "Zhou Dian, I can't say it, you two are responsible for protecting Xiao Zhao, there is half a hair missing, I will ask for you!" Others, follow me to prepare to defend against the enemy! ”
"Yes!" Zhou Dian and the others received the order, flew to Xiao Zhao's left and right, and looked around vigilantly.
Xiao Zhao also gradually let go of the panic in his heart, and according to what Li Xuan said, he calmed down and worked hard to command a group of Ming Sect disciples to control the warship.
Li Xuan slowly walked to penetration, his eyes looked at the nearest battleship from afar, but his heart sank a little, in this kind of large-scale naval battle, his personal strength was compressed to the extreme, even if his sword skills had entered the threshold of the grandmaster level, and his martial arts had almost reached the top in this plane, but unless it was a broadside battle, if he couldn't find a way to break through, he would not be able to escape the end of the ship's destruction and death.
"Sect Master, are you fighting back?" A Ming Sect disciple picked up a heavy crossbow and turned around and shouted at Li Xuan.
"No one is allowed to do anything without my orders!" Li Xuan waved his hand, and said with a stern face, heavy crossbows and trebuchets are both siege weapons, if they are placed in the Three Kingdoms era thousands of years ago, if these things can be equipped on battleships, they can definitely build an invincible naval army, but time has changed, the times are changing, with the emergence of artillery, these things have gradually lost their former glory, in the face of artillery with a range far beyond the heavy crossbow, even if they counterattack, even if the crossbow arrows shot can be shot on the opponent's ship, I am afraid that it will become the end of the strong crossbow, and it is impossible to cause much effective damage.
"Boom~"
There was another loud bang, and a spherical cannonball broke through the air again, and the hairs on Li Xuan's back stood upside down, and he keenly found that the direction of the cannonball this time was surprisingly accurate.
Without thinking too much about it, the true qi in the body instantly flowed all over the body, and at the same time, the Qiankun Great Mind Shifting Technique also worked to the extreme, and a visible air flow condensed in front of Li Xuan, fiercely facing the incoming cannonball.
"Hum~"
The cannonball slammed into the condensed qi wall in front of Li Xuan, but it was not reflected back as usual, and the huge force entrained by the cannonball was actually stalemate with the condensed qi wall in front of Li Xuan.
"Go!" Li Xuan's face instantly turned red, and the power in his body ran to the extreme, he screamed violently, dragged his hands in the air, pulled the cannonball a little, and almost fell into the sea against the edge of the ship, and the huge waves pushed the course of the warship out of the way for a long distance.
A trace of blood spilled from the corner of Li Xuan's mouth, Rao is with his current martial arts, in the face of this kind of war weapon close to modern times, he still suffers a lot of losses, with the subtlety of the great shift, he can't completely move back all the impact force carried on the shell, fortunately, this shell is only a solid bomb, if it is replaced with a hollow bomb filled with explosives, even if it is not hit head-on, the impact force generated by the explosion is enough to destroy his ship.
"Boom Boom Boom~"
A continuous burst of artillery rang out, and three shells burst into the air in a zigzag shape.
"Knives!"
Li Xuan's face did not change, he still stood proudly on the bow of the boat, with a big hand, and shouted without looking back.
"The master takes the knife." Wu Qingying flew up and threw Li Xuan's green steel treasure knife in the air.
Li Xuan took the knife with his backhand, his eyes suddenly became extremely sharp, and the steel knife in his hand slashed through three gorgeous arcs in the air, and the three sharp golden knife qi broke out of the air, accurately hitting the three shells together, but there was no imaginary bombing sound.
"Sneer~"
After three muffled sounds in the air, the three shells suddenly cracked, and in the sound of the waves, they disappeared into the sea and disappeared in the waves, although the impact of the cannon was strong, but the texture itself was not very strong, coupled with the impact of gunpowder and the violent air friction, it invisibly made the shells more fragile, so that Li Xuan could cut the shells apart in the air with only the sword qi, avoiding the fate of the ship being destroyed and people killed.
After the three horns, the Mongolian battleship did not continue to bomb, and Zhao Min's familiar phantom appeared on the bow of a battleship, condescendingly, looking down at Li Xuan's battleship captain and smiled: "Sect Master Li, most of you don't realize that it has been more than a month, and Sect Master Li is unharmed?" ”
Li Xuan secretly stabilized the churning qi and blood in his body, raised his head and laughed loudly: "Eat well and sleep well, there is the county lord who is concerned, I don't know if the county lord is still satisfied with the two return gifts?" ”
"Satisfied, quite satisfied, extremely satisfied!" Zhao Min's eyes erupted with fire when he heard this, his silver teeth were bitten, and he glared at Li Xuan and said: "In order to thank Sect Master Li for his thickness, the little girl has prepared a slight gift, although it is not as majestic as Sect Leader Li, but it also has a unique flavor, and I hope that Sect Master Li will accept it with a smile." ”
"The county lord is bothered." Li Xuan was arguing with Zhao Min, but on the other hand, he secretly instructed Xiao Zhao to try to bring the boat over, but now that the opportunity has been lost, he can only take the sword sideways, if he can capture Zhao Min alive, the crisis can naturally be resolved calmly.
However, Zhao Min obviously also knew Li Xuan's martial arts, and did not give Li Xuan a chance to capture himself, under her command, the warships on both sides slowly stepped forward, protecting Zhao Min's main ship in the center, and then there was a series of artillery bombardment, Li Xuan's small warship, at this moment, is like a flat boat in a storm, facing the fate of ship destruction and death at any time.
"Xiao Zhao, don't stop, keep getting closer to their battleship." Li Xuan's eyes were fixed on the surrounding pattern, and at the same time, his body flashed, and the steel knife in his hand waved again and again, splitting the cannonballs that roared with the warship.
"What a Li Xuan!" Looking at Li Xuan, who was swimming in all directions like a dragon in the warship, Zhao Min's eyes flashed with an unspeakable sadness, and then he shook his head, and said coldly: "Notify all the warships to launch an indiscriminate attack, today, he will be completely buried in this East China Sea!" ”
"No!" With a series of instructions issued, the shells that bombarded the warship became more dense, ten Mongolian warships, each equipped with three guns, thirty guns fired at the same time, the scene was extremely spectacular, Rao is Li Xuan and the five scattered people tried their best, the warship was still constantly bombarded by the cannonballs, and the speed of the ship was getting lower and lower, but even Zhao Min did not find that under the attack of cannonballs like a storm, this small boat was still stubbornly approaching its side.
"Hmph, the trapped beast is still fighting, I didn't expect that Li Xuan, who is invincible, will also have a day when his donkey skills are poor." Zhao Min looked at the struggling small warship with a complicated face, but there was no joy of imminent victory in his heart, only endless loneliness.
"No, you can't let them get close! Quick, get out of the way! Just when Zhao Min was lonely for Li Xuan, who was about to fall, the deputy general in charge of the command suddenly changed his face and shouted loudly.
"Did you find out? Unfortunately, it was already too late! Listening to the faint shouts coming from the battleship, a sneer appeared on the corner of Li Xuan's mouth.