The two sides chase me and run, and the distance gradually closes.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the merchant ships of the Tang Kingdom began to throw down the goods again, all of which were bundles of leather goods and bags of medicinal herbs.

When the officers and soldiers of Yan Kingdom saw the goods floating in the sea, they scolded in distress, as if these goods were theirs.

However, the speed of the unloaded Tang merchant ships has increased significantly, and it has actually opened up a distance in turn.

This is worth it, if the duck to the beak runs away, how can they go back to see the handsome Mu Yugen, so they sped up a few more speeds, and the distance between the two sides was pulled in again.

It's just that the officers and soldiers of the Yan State didn't notice that they had gradually moved away from the coastline and entered the deep sea area.

I don't know how long I ran, but a small island appeared in front of me.

If the merchant ships of the Tang Kingdom do not turn, they will crash into the island, but if they turn around, they will be pulled into the distance by the Yan warships in the rear.

Now the distance between the two sides is very close, and after closing a little distance, they will enter the attack range of the Yan warship.

In the face of this desperate situation, the merchant ships of the Tang Kingdom seemed to be in chaos, and they actually sailed straight towards the island.

"Oh~~~" There was an excited cheer from the Yan Kingdom warship, as if it had seen victory.

However, at this moment, the two fleets rushed out from the left and right sides of the island, drew an arc on the sea surface and appeared in the rear of the Yan fleet.

The cheers stopped abruptly, and looking at the red flag hoisting from this fleet, they didn't know that they had been plotted.

The general of the Yan State who commanded this fleet was Cao Biao, the general under Mu Yugen, who was also a person who had experienced a hundred battles, and gave orders to meet the battle in the face of danger.

He had made a cursory observation that the enemy's ships, although larger than theirs, were far less numerous than theirs. When converted, the opponent only has a maximum of 5,000 troops.

With equal forces, he was confident that he would defeat the other side.

The officers and men on the ship also calmed down under the command of the general, and were ready to take over and jump ship according to the usual training.

However, they soon discovered the anomaly, and these Tang warships did not rush directly towards them, but took advantage of the upper hand in a roundabout way.

No, Cao Biao discovered a situation at this time, how did the warships of the Tang Kingdom sail against the wind under the condition of Zhang Fan? And the speed is about the same as the tailwind.

As mentioned earlier, the sails of the ships before the Song Dynasty could only go with the wind, and the sails had to be lowered and rowed by manpower against the wind.

The Song Dynasty improved the sails, and in addition to the headwind, the wind in the other seven directions could be borrowed.

This technical improvement alone allowed the Tang warships to crush the warships of all countries at that time in terms of performance.

The Baekje sailors were tricked in front of Wang An, and the warships of the Yan Kingdom were no exception.

It's just that at that time, Wang An was to play the Baekje sailors, and there was no killer, and this time the Tang army came to kill people.

The ship is equipped with a variety of long-range weapons.

Cao Biao saw that the opponent's battleship could sail against the wind semi-against the wind, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart, and the next second he saw a scene like a nightmare.

Thousands of arm-thick spears flew out of the ship opposite, whistling at them.

"Get out of the way." Cao Biao's heart was broken, and he shrank and hid under the female wall at the bow of the boat with a roar.

As soon as he shrunk up, a javelin slammed diagonally into his feet and stabbed deep into the deck.

The javelin quivered, and the tail struck his shoulder back and forth.

Cao Biao couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, if he was a little slower just now, this javelin would kill him.

After twenty years in the army, this is the most dangerous moment he has encountered.

"Ah~ help."

"I don't want to die yet."

"Come and save me."

He was awakened by the screams, and when he looked up, he saw stumps and wailing soldiers.

Just now he ordered to prepare for the broadside battle, and his soldiers were all standing on the deck to prepare, and this time they all became live targets.

Some were nailed to the deck, some were piercing several people together, some were not hit and were wailing over their wounds.

Those who were not hit were frightened, running around like flies, and some hid in the cabins.

Cao Biao's heart was heavy, this is the disadvantage of recruits who have not seen blood, and it is easy to collapse when encountering incomprehensible dangers.

Originally, I thought that there was almost no danger in robbing and killing the merchant ships of the Tang Kingdom, but it just happened to let this group of recruits see blood, but I didn't expect to be calculated by others.

Then he wondered, how did the Tang people throw these short spears? You can still throw it so far.

He guessed that it might be a giant crossbow, but he couldn't imagine what kind of crossbow could do this, and it looked like there were quite a few crossbows on the opposite ship.

After hiding here for a while, he found that the other side did not continue to attack, and he cautiously poked his head out to check the situation.

Then it was found that the opposite ship was not continuing to drop the Javelins, but was heading towards them, as if trying to pull the distance for a broadside engagement.

Although he didn't understand why the other party was doing this, this was his chance, and he quickly jumped up and commanded his men to regroup to meet the enemy.

At this time, the quality of an army is manifested, and the panicked soldiers are quickly stabilized and the queue is re-arranged.

Someone went to cut the sails down, and the sailors below began to paddle and prepare to rush towards each other to close the distance.

But soon they realized that they were taking it for granted, and the Tang army had no intention of getting close to them, and when the distance between the two sides was about a hundred paces, the opposite side began to fire arrows.

Because it was a tailwind, the arrows of the Tang army drifted farther with the help of the wind and could hit the Yan army. And Yan Jun couldn't attack the other party because it was a headwind, so he could only be beaten passively.

In addition to ordinary arrows, the Tang army also released rockets, many boats were ignited, and the soldiers on board could only run and wail in vain, and many jumped into the sea in order to survive.

Round after round of arrows rained down, more people were shot dead and wounded, and the little morale that had been mustered up disappeared again.

Some could not stand the rain of arrows and even jumped into the sea.

Cao Biao hid behind the shield, watching the other party unscrupulously release arrows, his hateful hands clenched into fists, and his nails pierced deep into the flesh.

The sting made him more sober, he knew very well that he had no chance of winning, and if he continued to fight like this, he would only wipe out the whole army, so he gave an order very unwillingly:

Disperse and break through, tell the country everything that is happening here, and let the country know how it lost.

On a certain big ship, looking at the scattered and fleeing Yan warships, Wen Yi was also very helpless.

Although their boats are better and faster, they are far less numerous than the ones opposite. Even if you chase them separately, you can't catch up with all the other side.

Unless he chases recklessly, which is impossible, he won't waste his precious time chasing a group of defeated soldiers.

Besides, big ships also have the disadvantages of big ships, and they are more likely to encounter reefs. They weren't familiar with the waters in front of them, and if they lost one or two of them, he really wouldn't have a place to cry.

And he has more important things to do, so he can't afford to waste too much time here.

So when he saw the other party fleeing, he ordered: "Separate the pursuit, try to drive the enemy away from Yan Kingdom, and come back in an hour to converge." ”