Chapter Forty-Eight: Fierce Battle at Sea, Dragon King Captured
The revelation of the identity problem was not rejected by Li Xuan and the cold eyes of the Ming Sect, let alone the various tortures imagined, so that the heavy boulder that had been suppressed in Xiao Zhao's heart was dissolved by Li Xuan in such a way, although he was still worried about his mother, but he no longer had the feeling of almost despair before.
The general altar of the Persian Ming Sect, the masters are like clouds, this time in order to recover the holy woman Dai Qisi, it is almost poured out, the luxury of its lineup, by no means less than the peak of the Central Plains Ming Sect, Xiao Zhao is a female stream, although eccentric, but in the face of such an almost desperate lineup, but also carefully hide the identity, not to be noticed by the people of the Ming Sect, although they have always forced a smile, but the pain in the heart is incomprehensible to outsiders.
Now that he has been broken by Li Xuan, he has won the understanding of the Mingjiao Wusan, and Li Xuan's attitude is also very large, Cheng Dù represents the attitude of the Central Plains Mingjiao, although there is still the great enemy of the Persian Mingjiao, but Xiao Zhao feels relaxed.
As a maid who has been following Li Xuan since he stepped into Mingjiao, Xiao Zhao knows very well the means of his son, how powerful the Persian Mingjiao is, Xiao Zhao has only heard of his name but has never seen it, but the power of the son is really subverting Xiao Zhao's perception of the limits of human beings again and again, since his own son has decided to be the enemy of the Persian Mingjiao, Xiao Zhao now has no fear of the Persian Mingjiao at all, and there is only a trace of pity, and those who oppose the son usually will not end well.
This is undoubtedly a kind of blind worship, but sometimes, this kind of blind worship is not without benefits, looking at what Li Xuan has done all the way after entering the Yitian world, I am afraid that not only Xiao Zhao, but also the Wusan people may have the same thoughts, even if their side is at an absolute disadvantage now, but as long as Li Xuan is standing here, these Mingjiao masters have the determination to dare to face the world.
"Master, there is a situation." Just as a few people were gearing up and preparing to fight with Li Xuan, the shouts of the disciples on the lookout suddenly came from overhead.
In fact, there was no need for the disciple to remind them, and everyone also noticed that on the horizon in the distance, a warship with a strange style was driving to the maximum speed and driving towards this side.
Of course, eccentricity is said to other people, for Li Xuan, it is not eccentric, Persian warships, somewhat similar to Western medieval sea ships, but the style is still in its primitive form, far less majestic and solid than the Mongolian warships, although the Great Yuan Dynasty was brutal and unkind under the rule of Mongolia, but it also gathered a variety of wisdom crystallization throughout Eurasia, in terms of science and technology alone, Mongolia in this period undoubtedly stood at the top of the entire era, far from the Western science and technology that had just taken shape.
But even so, it is far from being comparable to today's battered battleship that could sink at any time.
"Xiao Zhao, seize the upper hand!" Since there was no room for turning around from the beginning, the battle was inevitable, and Li Xuan could only grasp the advantage bit by bit as much as possible.
Although it is a pure white for naval warfare, since it is a war, it will never be wrong to occupy the right time and place, and the upwind direction not only eliminates the possibility of the opponent attacking with fire, but also under the impetus of the wind, the range of the heavy crossbow and trebuchet will be bonus, this reason, even if this bit is extremely exclusive to the attribute bonus of the rules of the game, but the laws of nature cannot be violated.
However, Li Xuan understands this truth, and the other party obviously knows very well, if they can't even think of this, then they can sail all the way from Persia to the middle of the ocean thousands of miles away, which is undoubtedly a very fantastic thing, and Li Xuan has to admire their luck.
The two sides are traveling from east to west at the moment, but the sea breeze is from north to south, and the probability of the two sides is equal.
So, a very strange picture was staged in the East China Sea offshore, the two warships almost unanimously sailed towards the north, both sides drove to the maximum speed, but from a distance, there was a feeling of parity, and there, it happened to be the goal of this trip, the direction of Spirit Snake Island.
"Boom~"
The distance between the two sides continued to approach, and with a bang, a huge wave exploded ten feet away, which also indicated that their own warships had entered the range of the opponent's fire, but this was the ...... It's hard to imagine how they forced Zhang Wuji into a desperate situation with this kind of quasi-head in the original book, of course, this has a direct reason for the fact that the two sides are moving forward at a rapid pace and the direction of the wind, but the other party's gunner obviously does not have a really good gunner's Su zhì This can be determined, and after estimating the distance between the two sides and the waves caused by the cannonballs, Li Xuan was fortunate to find that the artillery carried by the Persians was far inferior to the Mongolian artillery in terms of performance, power and range, although their trebuchets and heavy crossbows were inferior to the other side, But it's not far off.
It is undoubtedly good news that it still has the strength of a battle, at least it is unlikely to be sunk by a bombardment by the other party, but bad news came quickly.
Outside of the two sides, the insertion of a third party undoubtedly made the shape that had been somewhat better for Li Xuan's side turn sharply again, because the Mongolian flag fluttering on the newly appeared warship, which was somewhat similar to the Japanese flag of later generations, had silently announced to everyone that they were friends and foes, and this battle was difficult to fight.
"Xiao Zhao, can't you go faster?" Li Xuan came to Xiao Zhao's side and asked in a deep voice.
"Childe, no matter how fast the ship is, it can't bear it." Xiao Zhao shook his head helplessly, after the bombardment of the Mongols, the damage to the hull of the ship has been quite severe, and now the speed is the fastest speed in Xiao Zhao's ideal, no matter how fast it is, without the enemy's attack, the hull will fall apart by itself.
"Trebuchet, load." Li Xuan didn't care about the Mongolian warship that appeared behind him, the distance was too far away, and he couldn't threaten his side for the time being, his eyes stared at the Persian warship, and said in a deep voice, according to the introduction of the hull and weapons at that time, now this distance has also reached the maximum launch range of the trebuchet, and it can carry out a certain counterattack.
In the crunching sound, a small trebuchet was carried to the deck by four disciples with excellent arm strength, although Li Xuan had never fought a naval battle, but he had learned some of the principles of parabola, estimated the wind speed and the speed of his own ship, and commanded the disciples of the Ming Sect to load the stones prepared on the ship, pointing to the northwest direction and saying: "Fight in this direction!" ”
"Yes." The disciples of the Ming Sect glanced at the direction Li Xuan pointed at suspiciously, there was nothing! But he still firmly carried out Li Xuan's order, and in the muffled sound, the stone bullet roared out in the northwest direction, but what was surprising was that the stone bullet crossed an irregular arc in the air and hit the opponent's hull fiercely, the power of the stone bullet was naturally incomparable to the cannonball, but the huge impact force still left a bowl-sized hole on the opponent's battleship, and the speed could not help but be affected in the slightest.
"Keep fighting!" A flash of joy flashed in Li Xuan's eyes, and he ordered in the admiring gaze of his disciple.
As the distance between the two sides continued to approach, the cannonballs and stone projectiles were fired in the air, Li Xuan stood alone in the bow of the ship, and the steel knife in his hand slashed down again and again, splitting the cannonballs one by one.
And after the initial stunned of the other party, it is also a master, there is only one trebuchet here, under the escort of a group of Persian Ming Sect masters, it is impossible to pose a threat to the other party's hull, and the distance between the two sides is also getting closer, and now the distance between them is less than ten zhang, with amazing eyesight, Li Xuan can even clearly see the appearance of the other party.
"Heavy Ballista Fire!" Looking at the approaching and intending to knock over his own dilapidated warship directly with the sturdy warship, a sneer couldn't help but appear at the corner of Li Xuan's mouth, ten zhang away, the heavy crossbow could already exert its maximum power.
Compared with the bulkiness of the trebuchet, the heavy crossbow is lighter, although the operation is a bit complicated and laborious, but it can be easily controlled by only two people, and although the range is not as good as that of the trebuchet, once it enters the shooting range, its strong piercing power and lethality are far greater than that of the trebuchet.
Ten Mingjiao disciples lined up on the side of the ship, five heavy crossbows were erected on the railing of the side of the ship, the crossbow arrows that had already been set up reflected in the sunlight refracted a cold glow, with Li Xuan's order, five heavy crossbows were launched at the same time, and five crossbow arrows broke through the air at the same time, lightly tearing apart the barrier of the air, and fell fiercely on the enemy ship, Li Xuan clearly saw that a master who was caught off guard was pierced through the body by a crossbow arrow, and the huge inertia even took his body to hit the wall of the ship behind him fiercely, and there was no sound.
"Keep shooting!" Li Xuan did not relax his vigilance because of this, and then ordered, if it weren't for the fact that there were too few heavy crossbows in his hands and insufficient manpower, he would definitely let these crossbowmen be divided into three sections at this moment to form a fire suppression on the enemy, but Rao is so, the death of a master under the crossbow arrows for no reason still makes a group of Persian masters furious, but above the vast sea, the distance of ten zhang is like a moat, and there is a body of martial arts, but he can only watch the other party continue to pour arrows towards him.
And with Li Xuan's storage, the artillery that is not too powerful cannot produce the desired effect at all, and even one of them was successfully reflected back by Li Xuan's great shift, destroying a piece of artillery, making a group of Persian masters scream, but helpless, and under the suppression of the heavy crossbow, the speed of the ship gradually slowed down, and watched the other party occupy the upper hand.
At this moment, a Persian master suddenly pulled out a woman in a purple gauze from the cabin and shouted loudly into half-baked Chinese: "Give up the attack immediately, or we will kill this woman." ”
The sound came out with no casting internal force, even if it was ten zhang apart, it could clearly reach the ears of Li Xuan and his party.
"Sect Master, it's the Purple Shirt Dragon King!" The cold-faced scholar changed his face the moment he saw the woman, and said anxiously to Li Xuan.
Xiao Zhao's delicate body trembled when he heard this, and looked at Li Xuan sadly and pleaded: "Son, save my mother." ”
Although Xiao Zhao couldn't see the situation on the other party's ship clearly because of his skill, the mother and daughter were connected, even if it was just a glimmer of possibility, Xiao Zhao didn't want his mother to be hurt even a little.