With joy in his heart, Du Sheng quickly climbed to the top deck, took out the latest monoculars from Jeju Island and looked southeast.

Although the quality of the lenses produced by the glass workshops on Jeju Island is not as good as that of high-quality natural crystals, there are still three or five times the field of vision, and at first glance you can't see the hull of the ship, but you can already see the white sails in the sky like white clouds on the horizon.

At this time, it is the strongest southeast wind in summer, and the increasing temperature difference between the sea and land makes the warm and humid air flow on the ocean continue to flow to the Central Plains.

The number of warships is still unclear, but just from Du Sheng's eyes, it is roughly estimated that there are thirty or forty ships, and if you add the warships behind, there are at least more than a hundred.

At the top of the oncoming naval army was a 5,000-stone whale shark-class warship, with a big flag with yellow on a red background with the word 'Sun' written on the high mast, which made Du Sheng look teary-eyed, and he was looking forward to reinforcements after staying up these days!

From the day of the surprise attack of the Baekje and Silla coalition forces to today, Du Sheng has been leading more than 30 warships of his naval army to operate in the open sea area twenty or thirty miles away from Jeju Island.

Du Sheng did not close to Jeju Island, not because Du Sheng was greedy for life and afraid of death and did not dare to fight with the coalition forces of the two countries, but because there were many reefs around Jeju Island itself, so that the water surface of the naval army's activities was not large.

In addition to using the speed of their own ships to harass the enemy, they were able to form an internal and external flank with the defenders on Jeju Island against the combined forces of Baekje and Silla that were preparing to land.

In this way, although some Baekje and Silla troops landed on the island from the beginning, due to the attack of dozens of warships of Du Sheng, the landing speed of the combined forces of the two countries was at least half slower, and there were still many large equipment that were not unloaded, and the few troops that had already landed were repulsed by the defenders of Jeju Island and had to retreat to a position by the sea.

Later, after Zong Li led the naval army to arrive, Du Sheng was a little more relaxed, but as the coalition sailors took out a large number of bed crossbows, fire oil arrows and other weapons to counterattack, Du Sheng and Zong Li's department suffered a lot of losses.

With the passage of time, after three or four days of non-stop fighting and harassment, the long-range weapons on the two naval armies of Du Sheng and Jongli were almost all used up, and the containment of the combined forces of Baekje and Silla began to be a little inadequate.

At this time, Zong Li also found his own warships coming to reinforce him, but he still signaled to Du Sheng, preparing to take advantage of the opportunity when the reinforcements were about to arrive to carry out another large-scale attack on the naval divisions of the two coalition forces, so that when Sun Xing's large army arrived, he could take advantage of the situation to launch a second wave of attacks.

The Baekje-Silla coalition forces outside the new port of Jeju Island have more than 400 warships alone, and the number of merchant ships and grain ships transporting supplies may even exceed 500.

Over the years, Baekje not only had maritime trade with the Wa Kingdom, Goguryeo, Northern Dynasties, and Southern Dynasties, but also had frequent trade and trade with the Funan Kingdom in the South Seas.

This time, Baekje and Silla jointly attacked Jeju Island, and both sides sent the strongest lineup of their own side, not only the main force of the Baekje Naval Division, but also the Baekje King Buyeo Chang also sent his younger brother Buyeo Soon as the leader, supplemented by Gao Canghae, with 30,000 infantry troops.

This infantry army can be said to be the most elite army in Baekje, and when Wang Ze came to see this army later, he almost went crazy, because he found that these people were holding all the weapons that he had sold to Baekje cheaply.

Compared with the traditional maritime power of Baekje, Silla, as a newly rising regional power, was far inferior to Baekje in terms of naval army, but the infantry and cavalry, which were the foundation of the country, were much stronger than Baekje, and more than 50,000 people were sent at one time.

It may be that the Silla people really wanted to have a good relationship with the Baekje people, and this time Silla specially sent the general Ju Zhen to command the entire army of Silla.

Twelve years ago (548), Goguryeo invaded Baekje again and stormed Dusan Fortress in the north of the Han River, which seriously threatened the safety of Baekje at that time.

In this way, Zhu Zhen can at least be regarded as a friendly person to Baekje, and in the old saying, 'General Zhu is an old friend of the 100-level people!' 'Send Jujin to lead an army to fight with Baekje, at least you don't have to worry about the Baekje people stabbing you in the back.

Of course, another reason why Zhu Zhen was able to be selected as a general is that the father of Buyeo Chang and Buyeo Shun, King Baekje Shengmyeong, died at the hands of the Silla people, and now a large part of the generals' military exploits are obtained by killing King Shengming, and they don't dare to let them fight with the Baekje people!

When Zong Li and Du Sheng were about to launch another attack, Zhu Zhen had just arrived at the big ship where Fuyu Shun and Gao Canghai were.

Because of the failure of the previous land attacks, coupled with the mutual bargaining between the armies of the two countries, the large armies that should have landed a long time ago are still lying on the boats, and the few troops that have landed are also retreating in their positions on the seaside, and they are no longer advancing inland, which makes Zhu Zhen not in a hurry.

Seeing that the fighter plane was about to slip away, Zhu Zhen had no choice but to take the initiative to come to the ships of the Baekje Infantry Army's commander Fuyu Shun and Gao Canghai, ready to discuss with the two of them whether they could land together regardless of casualties, so that there would be no more factors.

When Zhu Zhen came to Fuyu Shun along the luxuriously carved staircase of the warship, Fuyu Shun and Gao Canghai were both on the second deck, and each of them was holding a monocular in their hands, as if they didn't see anyone coming, looking into the distance!

Since the production of telescopes began on Jeju Island, all the local garrison officers of Jeju Island and above have been equipped with telescopes, and some of them have been equipped with Deputy Lieutenant Seonjeong, who is in the first class of Captain Gok.

In the previous battle, although the Baekje Silla coalition army was repelled by the defenders, the Baekje people got two from the battlefield, and Buyeo Soon and Gao Canghai were divided into one and one each, but there was nothing to do with the Silla people.

Seeing that Fuyu Shun and Gao Canghai didn't seem to see him coming, Zhu Zhen didn't care, after all, one was slaughtered by his colleagues, and the other was fighting against the Silla army all the year round, so of course he wouldn't treat himself who was also from Silla.

"General Buyeo, General Gao!" Seeing that the two of them had been so silent, Zhu Zhen immediately spoke: "This is not the way now, we still need to increase the landing of soldiers and seize Jeju Island as soon as possible, although our Silla soldiers suffered a little loss before, but this can't change the fact that we are the strongest army!" ”

Hearing Zhu Zhen's words, Gao Canghai put down the binoculars in his hand and glanced at Zhu Zhen, and then his eyelids drooped and he said sarcastically: "Since you Silla people are so powerful in war, how could you still be driven out of the inland a few days ago, if it weren't for the help of our Baekje sailors, I'm afraid you would have been driven into the sea!" ”

"You!" Zhu Zhen was immediately speechless by Gao Canghai, no matter how good-tempered a person is, he will get angry when he is repeatedly provoked, not to mention that Zhu Zhen is not a good-tempered person in the first place, and his repeated forbearance before is just with the purpose of reconciling with Baekje.

What's more, the Silla people were repulsed before, also because the Baekje people were unwilling to take the lead, and finally Zhu Zhen finally persuaded a part of the Silla army to try to attack inland, but accidentally encountered an ambush by the defenders on Jeju Island, nearly 20,000 people ambushed 10,000 Silla troops.

As a result, after the Silla people suffered a great loss and fled back, the Baekje people continued to talk cool words on the side, so that the two sides were crowded into the seaside positions for the next few days, and they were unwilling to take the lead.

Seeing that Zhu Zhen was about to be annoyed by Gao Canghai, Fu Yushun resolved the conflict that might break out between the two sides in time, he took the binoculars in his hand and turned to look at Zhu Zhen and Gao Canghai and said: "General Zhu said it was good before, we have to hurry up and land, you see that a support army (Zongli Department) came before and gave us a lot of trouble, and now in another hour, a large number of Wang Ze's sailors will come!" ”

Saying that, Fuyu Shun looked at Zhu Zhen sincerely and said: "General Zhu, we were stingy before, and we failed the hearts of our Silla allies, but now seeing that the fighter plane is fleeting, we can't be like this before, I decided to land jointly with your army immediately and seize Jeju Island as soon as possible!" ”

Don't look at what Buyeo Soon said very well, in fact, how he didn't hate the Silla people in his heart, when the Baekje king Buyeo Chang wanted to turn his face with Wang Ze and prepare to unite with the Silla people to attack Jeju Island, Buyeo Soon disagreed very much, after all, now Wang Ze has no intention of making enemies with Baekje, but has always taken good care of Baekje.

In addition, after Wang Ze came to the East China Sea, Buyeo Soon's son Buyeo Wang reached a fairly friendly friendship with Wang Ze, so no matter what, Baekje should ally with Wang Ze to deal with Silla.

At this time, in order to maintain the prestige of Fuyu Chang, when Fuyu Shun went to persuade Fuyu Chang in private, Fuyu Chang said this sentence to Fuyu Shun, who secretly came to persuade him: "Although Silla and I have a feud, but for hundreds of years, the two sides have also had many kisses and marriages, and each other has no ability to destroy the country, but Wang Ze came to the East China Sea in just three years, and he is going to destroy the Wa Kingdom, so who else can withstand him in another ten years?" ”

Hearing this, Fuyu Shun was silent, yes, when Wang Ze first came to the East China Sea and barely gained a foothold, who would have thought that after only three years, Wang Ze would have the ability to eliminate the Wa Kingdom. March Chinese

The population of the Wa Kingdom is more than 20% larger than that of Baekje, and although the Wa people are short in stature, they are not afraid of death when fighting, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.

It is such a country that is not weak, but it was swallowed up by Wang Ze in a few years, and now it is said that Wang Ze has concentrated more than 100,000 troops to completely wipe out the Wa Kingdom, which makes the king of Baekje and some courtiers in Baekje not afraid?

In this way, when Silla had just revealed that he wanted to reconcile with Baekje, the king of Baekje, Buyechang, immediately responded, and the relationship between the two sides gradually eased.

There was another reason why Baekje was determined to unite against Wangze, that is, even Goguryeo, the overlord of the East China Sea, began to notice Wangze's rapidly rising power, and after learning that Silla and Baekje were preparing to deal with Wangze, he not only began to reduce the border garrison, but also provided support to Baekje and Silla in various aspects such as weapons and food.

After all, Goguryeo is the overlord of the East China Sea today, and he thinks more long-term than Baekje, that is, the population of the Han people has increased extremely rapidly since ancient times, and the total population of the Central Plains countries now adds up to more than 40 million.

In addition, at least half of the Goguryeo kingdom was Han people, and if Wang Ze wanted to be unfavorable to Goguryeo, wouldn't it be very easy, so when Silla once again revealed that he was a vassal to Goguryeo to resist Wang Ze's side, Goguryeo can be said to have bled to support Silla against Wang Ze.

Under the orders of the two of them, except for nearly 100 warships left behind to protect the transport ships and cover the landing of the soldiers, the remaining 300 warships all attacked the sailors of Du Sheng and Jong Lisuo, who rushed over.

The soldiers of the allied naval division obviously saw that they were very nervous, and when they engaged with Du Sheng's naval army before, although Du Sheng's side suffered a lot of losses, the losses on the side of Baekje and Silla were greater, and the comparison of combat power between the two sides could be calculated at least by one to three.

The naval army on Wang Ze's side was very strong, which was the conclusion reached by Baekje and the Wa Kingdom with the blood of Gao Canghai, Xiao Yu, and a large number of Wa naval armies.

At the same time as the naval army met the enemy, the infantry of the coalition army finally stopped grinding and began a large-scale landing, and the defenders on Jeju Island strangely did not come to attack and block, which made the coalition soldiers puzzled.

As the number of soldiers who landed increased, at this time, the first 10,000 Silla elite troops, led by dozens of generals who were born as samurai in Hwarangdo, began to push inland in order to expand their positions on land, but there was no trace of the scouts in the distance, which made them look extremely nervous

As a land army, the Silla people are still relatively strong in combat, and if they are not strong, they will not more than double the territory of Silla in the past few years; However, because more than half of the Silla soldiers were seasick on the ship, the combat effectiveness of the Silla army dropped sharply, and the defenders of Jeju Island suffered a lot of losses, so that the Silla people, who had always been more proud, had to be careful.

When the infantry of the Baekje Silla coalition army landed, Du Sheng had already rushed not far from the Baekje naval army, and he was working overtime and jumped to his feet and scolded, "I'm rubbing, this sect is stunned, isn't it looking for death when rushing up like this?" As long as we attract the main force of the enemy, we can lead it to the open sea as much as possible!"

Du Sheng's plan was very good before, that is, like the naval army of Jong Lisuo, he would give a heavy blow to the combined forces of Baekje and Silla, and after angering this large number of naval troops, he would try to attract them to the open sea, so that when they arrived in the open sea, they could give full play to the speed advantage of their own naval army to the greatest extent.

Who knows what happened to Zong Li, he didn't care about the three seven twenty-one led his troops straight over, at this time, there were only a dozen thunderbolts left on Du Sheng's more than 30 warships, and Zheng's rockets were used up in the battle a few days ago, and they couldn't support them from a distance!

What to do! Seeing that there are still a lot of fire oil arrows on the ship, although this thing is easy to ignite, if you want to give Zong Li the greatest support, you still have to have a close contact with the Baekje Naval Army.

In the end, Du Sheng gritted his teeth, damn it, it!

More than 30 warships under the leadership of Du Sheng rushed towards the Zongli Division, which was about to be completely surrounded by the Baekje naval army, so as not to delay a little later, and the 30 or 40 warships of the Zongli Division, all of them would be killed by the Baekje and Silla people.

Du Sheng felt that he had not experienced such a fierce naval battle for a long time, and many ships on both sides were almost close to each other, and even some Baekje warships had iron hooks, which could hook their own ships and engage in gang jumping.

"Captain, we can't go on like this!" Mi Ke, who served as the lieutenant of Zhiguo under Du Sheng, returned to the East China Sea from Wang Ze and returned to Du Sheng's command again.

At this time, he said to Du Sheng with a worried face, "Although we have destroyed and sunk more than a dozen Baekje warships in this meeting, we have also lost at least three Sea Shark-class, and more than a dozen warships have been hooked by the Baekje people and cannot get out, and now the Baekje and Silla people have hundreds of warships combined, they can completely ignore these casualties, and it is also cost-effective for them to use three or four warships to fight one of us!" ”

Du Sheng's face was also scratched by a cold arrow just now, and there was an extra blood mark on his face, which had dried up at this time, but Du Sheng could still feel the pain on his face.

Seeing that many warships around him were ignited by the fire oil arrows fired from the bed crossbows on the coalition warships, Du Sheng was also extremely distressed in his heart, even if it was a slipway in the shipyard of Jeju Island, it would take several months to build a warship, and there were only one or twenty warships that could start construction together in a year.

However, Du Sheng gritted his teeth and said: "Everyone hold on for a while, General Sun has already arrived with a fleet, as long as we can entangle these Baekje people's sailors and don't let them escape, we will make a great achievement!" ”

Needless to say more about Du Sheng, this will make Du Sheng and Zong Li's naval army unable to leave even if they want to, and ships on both sides are ignited every moment, and the burning of beef and sheep fat accelerates the speed of destruction of ships.

At this time, Du Sheng couldn't help but be glad that his ship had very perfect fire prevention measures, most of the decks, including the sails, were splashed wet by the seawater pumped up by the ship's water hose using water pressure technology, and some of the flames that were not easy to extinguish were also extinguished by the damage pipes with wet sand in time.

Although the warships under the command of Du Sheng and Zong Li now look extremely miserable, except for a few large ships that have been destroyed, that is, the sails have been burned out, and some wooden planks have to be replaced.

Comparatively speaking, although the Baekje people fought around Dosheng and Jonglisho, their own losses were even heavier, and the ships that caught fire around them were basically all Baekje warships.

When the Baekje people found that Sun Xing's large army was not far from them and was ready to fight, most of the ships had been firmly entangled by the crazy Du Sheng and Zong Li's subordinates!

When Sun Xing's naval army was put into the battlefield, the battle on the sea quickly shifted to Du Sheng's side, and although Sun Xing did not have a full fleet of weapons on the ship, it also carried half a base of equipment.

What's more, Sun Xing's naval army has hundreds of warships, plus the remnants of Du Sheng and Zongli's ships here, there are one hundred and forty or fifty warships.

After withstanding the crazy attack of the naval forces of Jongli and Du Sheng, the Baekje Silla coalition army was also a little unable to withstand such a fight, and it was already terrible to have dozens of warships that were such madmen, and now there are another hundred and ten warships, how can the Baekje people afford it.

Under the heavy blow of Son Heung's hundreds of warships, some of the Baekje warships on the periphery were the first to flee, and the rest of the Baekje sailors also began to flee one after another, and the domineering of this gunpowder weapon was even more powerful than they had seen before.

Seeing that their own warships were so uncompetitive, Fuyu Shun, Gao Canghai and Zhu Zhen all turned pale, and they quickly got off the boat and went ashore, after all, their own warships could not outrun Wang Ze's side, and Gao Canghai had felt it when he was pursued by Wang Ze before.

Now that all of their own infantry troops have landed on Jeju Island, the total number of 70,000 or 80,000 people is safer than being on a ship.

When he controlled the sea control, Du Sheng had the opportunity to give Zong Li, who was hit by an arrow in the leg, a hard blow: "You fucking sect madman, what did you go crazy just now?" We don't have to rush in??????"

However, Du Sheng paused before he finished speaking, he saw that Zong Li's eyes were red, and there were traces of tears on his face, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "What the hell is going on?" ”

"The Baekje people attacked our transport ship from Jiaoju Port to Jeju Island, and my family is on it!" Zong Li choked up.