Chapter 68: The dogs on the side of the road have to be robbed
Jiang Tai is still mobilizing ships, and the pirates are numerous and warlike, but the organization is too poor, and every time he organizes a fleet, he has to spend a lot of effort.
Just when he was bothering to play the flag, someone suddenly came to report that the merchant ship of the Han Dynasty had come over.
And it's still approaching at a rapid pace, unscrupulous.
The pirates standing on the watchtower could even see the Han army on the deck with spears and armor, and even the archers had begun to bend their bows and arrows, with a fierce momentum and a fierce fighting spirit.
"Leaning over directly?!"
Jiang Tai was holding the big knife, his whole body was tense, and sweat stains were already oozing from his forehead.
His task was to delay the battle on the board, and then fight in a roundabout way, constantly driving the Han army to the waterway of his base camp, and then waiting for Sun Zhien to go up side by side.
The appearance of the Han army now is not something that can be delayed at all!
Directly taking advantage of the fact that their ships were not fully organized, they rushed over!
Jiang Tai asked himself that he had been rampant in the South China Sea for more than ten years, and he had never seen such a radical officer and soldier.
In the past, it was better to have ships for officers and soldiers, whether it was Dahan or Donghu, they were equipped with warships, warships, and pirates had to fight hard ships for ships, and the gains outweighed the losses.
But this army of officers and soldiers is full of merchant ships at their feet, and they have no such scruples at all, they are rushing to change ships for ships!
"Turn the rudder! Turn the rudder! ”
"Adjust the sails!"
"Distance yourself from the Han army!"
Jiang Tai roared loudly, for fear that the brothers would be negligent.
In the past, he was so rushed at others, and it was the first time he was rushed by others.
If this really gave the Han army a face, the ship would definitely suffer a lot of losses.
Even if they can defeat the Han army, they will have to fight a lot of ships, and it will take many years to recover, and the gains outweigh the losses.
He really hadn't seen this battle, and the pirates still knew the importance of ships, could the court not know?
Merchant ships are also ships, don't you want money for your ships??
It's a pity that under Liu Ke's command, every ship sailed at full speed, approaching the pirates infinitely.
The U-turn did not go in a straight line, and soon the first merchant ship was close to the pirate ship.
"Catch the pirate's ship!"
Liu Ke just went to the boat, how could he let it go?
When you get closer, you can see that the ships of this group of pirates are better than the ships of the small group of pirates that they have encountered before.
Although it is still not a warship, most of them are merchant ships, but it is obvious that they have worked hard and have been renovated very carefully.
It's quite related to my big man when I look at it.
The ships were quickly approaching, and the Han soldiers threw their hooks and locks, firmly fixing the enemy ships.
There were anxious Han soldiers who didn't wait to put down the plank, but directly grabbed the cable and swung towards the enemy ship like a monkey.
?????
Jiang Tai became more and more confused, staying in place and even slowing down the flag in his hand.
This is the official army?
In his impression, the water warfare method of the officers and soldiers should be to stand on the deck in a clear hierarchy, maintain the array, and maintain the formation of the ships at all times.
First the shield-bearers, then the covered archers, and then the non-commissioned officers with spears or hooked spears, on the flanks, waiting for the pirates to attack first, and then taking advantage of their equipment to make a move.
After all, neither the cost of ships nor the cost of training sailors and soldiers can be the same as those of pirates.
And the Han army in front of him is obviously not the steady fighting style of this regular army.
The road is quite wild, directly hooking the ship with a hook lock, and then relying on the advantage of armor, resist the attack of the pirates and forcibly seize the ship.
"Hold your ground, don't panic, it's at sea!"
said so, but Jiang Tai himself almost made the wrong flag because of panic.
After so many years of crisscrossing the South China Sea, it was the first time he was so busy.
As more and more Han soldiers boarded the ship, they directly launched a white-knuckle battle.
Although this group of pirates is bloodthirsty and fearless of death, the situation is still not optimistic.
A pirate flashed by the light of the knife in his hand, slashed at the armor of a Han sergeant, and failed to kill with a single sword, but was stabbed by the Han sergeant who suffered the pain and took the opportunity to behead.
"Go into the water and scuttle!"
Jiang Tai was also ruthless, and seeing that he couldn't retreat for a while, he began to fight back in an orderly manner.
Pirates have no armor and have advantages, the biggest advantage being underwater.
The brave pirates jumped off their ships and dived into the sea, ready to scuttle the bottom of the Han merchant ships.
The sea is rough, and the sea boats travel much faster than in the river, and there are few opportunities to climb the scuttling boat like the river bandits.
But the Han army locked the ship with a hook lock, which stabilized a lot, but instead created an opportunity.
In the face of pirates diving into the water, the Han army had little to do, and the armor brought stronger defense, but it also made it impossible for them to go to sea easily.
Liu Ke looked at the changing flags on the pirate flagship opposite, and had a headache.
The leader of the other party was a person with considerable experience in naval warfare, and after such a while, he caught the weakness of the Han army and made him have some love for talent.
After all, as an emperor, it would be good for him to go to sea once or twice with the fleet, and he couldn't ignore the political affairs of the DPRK and China and lead troops to the expedition every day.
Unless he can draw out Jiajing's [Monarch Offline System] or Judy's [General of the Northern Expedition], it is imperative to recruit a reliable sailor general.
"Adian, hit the flag on the other side."
Dian Chu nodded, grabbed a large stone for pressing the ship, and threw it at the pirate flagship.
Seeing a black shadow flying in the distance, Jiang Tai subconsciously lowered his body to avoid it, and the big stone smashed straight on the flagpole, and the flagpole shook violently, but fortunately it was not broken.
"If Your Majesty asks the last general to pull it out, it can be pulled out, and if you smash a stone so far, the strength is a little smaller."
Dian Chu shook his head, looking very dissatisfied.
Dian Chu said lightly, Jiang Tai's heart was already trembling, and his heart was about to stop.
Did the Han army bring catapults with them as well?
Almost separated by a few boats, he almost broke his flagpole!
"Splash tung oil! Shoot rockets! ”
Jiang Tai leaned short and waved the flag, for fear that there would be another flying stone from the sky.
Some of the clever pirates climbed directly to the watchtower, condescendingly, and poured tung oil on the merchant ships of the Han army.
Those who reacted more slowly also began to light torches and ignite rockets, preparing to break the siege with fire.
Liu Ke watched the pirate splash tung oil, and felt that something was wrong.
I still have a destiny of [Burning the Camp]!
Who knows if these ships count as their own tents??!
Soon, the facts told him that it should be counted.
As soon as the pirate's tung oil was splashed, the rocket had not yet been fired, and the torch had not yet been thrown, and it was ignited by the fire source from which the ship came from.
Soon there were more fires on the sea, and the wind helped the fire, and the fire became more and more vigorous.
A small merchant ship fell crookedly in the fire.
This is the first ship that the Han army has lost since it went to sea, but it is not the last, one after another ships began to catch fire, and pirates who were directly dived into the water and scuttled through the bottom of the ship.
Seeing this, Liu Ke was also fearless.
"Abandon ship, all boarded the pirate ship!"
Anyway, in the current overboard battle, the Han army has a huge advantage.
As long as the Han army abandoned its merchant ships, regardless of climbing the pirate ships and forcibly robbing them, the pirates would definitely not be able to stop them.
Unless the pirates are willing to pour tung oil on their own ships and light fires to scuttle their own ships.
The barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, the ships of the Han army are rotten, the ships of pirates are good, and there is no loss or even blood to make money when changing families!
"Retreat!"
Jiang Tai gritted his teeth and played the flag, he couldn't fight like this.
Even if the pirates are fierce and can fight underwater, they still can't offset the equipment advantage of the Han army.
If you continue to fight like this, all your boats will be changed to the flag of the Han Army, and all of them will jump into the water and swim back!
The Han army is more pirates than these pirates!
It's a completely outlaw style of play, kick his door, he not only unloads your door panel, but also changes your title deed to his name!
Just when Jiang Tai began to retreat regardless of the madness, Sun Zhien led the fleet and slowly swayed over.
In his plan, Jiang Tai would force the Han army's merchant ships to the channel he wanted, and then the two sides would fight, and they would fall into an anxious situation.
Sun Zhien was well aware of the water warfare methods of the official army, and the official army would not rush forward easily.
Even if the pirates in Jiang Tai's hands can't fight the Han army in white-knuckle combat, the Han army will not give up the battle formation and take the initiative to board the pirate's ship to fight.
Moreover, the Han army saw that the purpose was to go to Yizhou for help, and Donghu was their biggest enemy, so it was obvious that they would not waste much effort on pirates.
And he took advantage of the anxiety of both sides, and took the ship forward to pretend to support the Han army and penetrate into the enemy.
It can not only explore the truth and reality, but also win the trust of the Han army.
Then he led the Han army to his base camp, and no matter how well-equipped the Han army was, it was just for him to pinch and knead it.
Sun Zhien's little abacus played very well, and then he saw on the watchtower that there were only a dozen or so ships left in his house, and Jiang Tai took the lead in running away and fled in a hurry.
Although some of the merchant ships of the Han army were burned, they also robbed many better ships.
Sun Zhien was directly stunned, dumbfounded, his short black fingers were so stiff that he couldn't bend them.
"If you force the Han army to change the course, you will be defeated directly, and even the ship will be lost?!"
He managed to recover a little, waved the flag, and picked up the speed.
Now it's not to support the Han army, but to find a way to let Jiang Tai retreat with the rest of the ships!
Otherwise, if you lose thirty boats, and then fold Jiang Tai into it, he, the king of Jinghai in the South China Sea, can go ashore directly!
"Your Majesty, another fleet is coming towards us, and it seems that it is also a pirate."
Chen Fujia wiped the sweat on his forehead, unable to hide the excitement in his heart.
It is said in the army that following the emperor's personal expedition is the easiest way to make meritorious contributions, which is true.
A while ago, he still brought about 20 merchant ships, and the people were unstable, so they could only fight a small group of pirates to familiarize themselves with water warfare.
Now it has directly beaten up medium-sized pirates, and has also upgraded a wave of ships.
If you continue to fight like this, it seems that it is not difficult to touch the pirate who calls himself the King of Jinghai??
If this is the case, he accompanied the emperor on his own expedition, plus the eight merchant ships that he took the initiative to offer, and he made a great contribution!
Liu Ke squinted his eyes and looked at the approaching ships:
"They're giving us flags?"
Chen Fujia looked over and said:
"Yes, it is a common flag at sea, which means that there is no hostility and wants to negotiate."
Liu Ke shook his head and said:
"They are bandits, we are officials, how can the flag language be universal?"
"I don't understand, if the order goes down, who will rob whom."