Chapter 1837 Breaking through Dragon King Bay
The purpose of Wu Jun himself sinking more than a dozen crossbow warships was very clear, that is, to use these wrecks to block the waterway entering the Dragon King Bay.
This area of water is only more than ten meters deep. Although the Wu army's crossbow gun warships are not taller than the Liu Xianjun's crossbow gun warships, they are also about ten meters high. These ships sink into the water, which can block artillery warships with deep drafts.
It is precisely because of this that Wenpin ordered the fleet to stop advancing and ordered the crossbow warships to continue pursuing.
Dozens of crossbow warships were the first to cross the enemy's shipwreck line. A crossbow warship passed by a mast poked out of the water, making a shocking sound of friction. In the blink of an eye, dozens of crossbow warships entered the Dragon King Bay and continued to move forward.
However, the other crossbow warships had to stop outside, because Dragon King Bay was just a water bay after all, and there were too many ships to display. Maybe if one was not careful, it would bump into each other, which would be a loss.
Wen Pin used a monocular telescope to observe the situation in Dragon King Bay. He saw that the enemy's scarred ships were docking one after another, and all the officers and soldiers were hurriedly leaving the ship to land.
The crossbow warships that entered Dragon King Bay were shooting the Wu army with serial bed crossbows. The Wu army who had rushed to land were constantly knocked into the water! The battle was simply one-sided killing!
Suddenly, Wenpin found dozens of Clippers loaded with objects rushed offshore, and then the Clippers rose up their sails and accelerated towards their crossbow warships!
Wen Pin's heart was moved and he said in surprise: "Not good!"
Almost as he spoke, the dozens of fast ships suddenly ignited a raging fire and rushed towards the crossbow warships under his command, as if they were about to die with their opponents!
The officers and soldiers on the crossbow warship immediately discovered this situation, changed the target immediately, and blocked them with all their might. Various crossbows placed on the warship were shooting together, while many other officers and soldiers held their divine arm bows and crossbows to shoot at the rushing fire ships!
The powerful guns and arrows hit the fireboat with a bang, stirring up a burst of flames!
A gun shot into the mast of a fire ship. A click sound was heard. The mast fell backward and threw away the Wu army soldier who was at the helm. The fire ship suddenly lost control and turned its head and hit the fire ship next to it. A large ball of flames suddenly burst out from both ships!
At the same time, several fire boats were penetrated by guns and arrows roaring through the deck, and the river water immediately poured in. The fire boats immediately lost their speed and quickly sank. Seeing the burning fire on them being flooded by the river water and quickly extinguished.
In the blink of an eye, the crossbow warships had destroyed almost half of the fire ships, but the remaining half of the fire ships had rushed not far away!
Seeing this, the commanders of each ship urgently ordered the helmsman to turn to avoid it, but the fire ships bumped into them like crazy beasts!
Bang...! Bang...! Bang...! Explosions are heard one after another!
The crossbow warship hit by the fire ship was immediately blown out of the big hole and was burned by flames!
The officers and soldiers on the ship struggled to put out the fire, but the fire came too hard and could not save it at all! As a last resort, they had to abandon the ship and escape and jumped into the water one after another.
At this time, all the Wu army had retreated to the shore and a fire broke out in the water and land camp.
Perhaps because of the use of tincture oil, the fire spread rapidly, and in a blink of an eye, it became a monstrous momentum. The raging flames shone the entire Dragon King Bay like daytime!
Wen Pin looked at the scene in Dragon King Bay and frowned.
The general on the side couldn't help but ask, "What is Huang Gai doing? He actually burned Hailong Bay by himself?"
Wen Pin frowned and said, "He wants to run away! He sets fire to cut off the back!"
At this time, a fast ship rushed from the east, entered the ship formation, and went straight to the flagship and stopped.
Then an officer on it grabbed the rope ladder that was laid down from the deck and climbed up, rushed to Wenpin's side, clasped his fists and said, "General, the enemy at the sea suddenly turned south!"
Wen Pin frowned and murmured: "They saw the opportunity quickly and found that the war was no longer possible, so they left as soon as possible and preserved their strength!"
Dantu faced the defense line, Lu Meng stood above the sentry tower and looked at the Dragon King Bay illuminated by fire in the distance, frowned tightly.
Suddenly, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from the front, and a scout rushed from a distance.
Lu Meng withdrew his gaze and looked at the scout. The scout ran straight to the hut, and without waiting for the horse to stop, he jumped down. Then he quickly climbed up the hut and came to Lu Meng, clasped his fists and said, "Deputy Governor, something is wrong! Dragon King Bay has fallen!"
Although Lu Meng had already predicted it, he couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the news with his own ears.
He frowned and said unacceptably: "Is the enemy's attack power so powerful? Our army's arrangement in Dragon King Bay is as solid as a rock. How did the enemy break through?"
The scout swallowed and clasped his fists and said, "It was only because the enemy attacked Gaogang on the west side with an elite force, which exposed a huge flaw in our defense line, which made the enemy take the opportunity to attack fiercely!..."
Lu Meng still felt unacceptable and murmured: "There are countless patrols on the water and the river bank. How could their sneak attack troops succeed!?"
He then shook his head, thinking that there is nothing more to pursue these things now.
He looked at the scout and asked, "What is the situation in our army? Where is the veteran General Huang Gai?"
The scout said: "Our naval army suffered heavy losses. General Huang's naval army left in Longwang Bay suffered heavy damage. All warships were destroyed and more than half of the casualties were injured. However, the army did not suffer any losses. At this moment, General Huang was leading his army to retreat to the Wujiling line."
The Wujiling mentioned by this scout is a mountain that is not high but still steep. On the periphery of Hailong Bay, if Liu Xian's army wants to develop deep into the enemy's army after capturing Hailong Bay, he must break through Wujiling.
Lu Meng looked thoughtful and murmured: "The navy suffered heavy losses, and the situation is not good for us!"
He raised his head and looked at the scout, saying, "You said the old general's naval army left in Dragon King Bay has suffered heavy losses. Did the naval army stationed at the sea not suffer much damage?"
The scout clasped his fists and said, "That's true! Seeing that the battle situation was critical, General Huang ordered General Bu Zhi to lead the navy troops on the sea to retreat to Wujun."
Lu Meng's face cleared a little and murmured: "In this way, the situation is not too bad!"
Then he said to everyone around him: "Send the order immediately and the entire army is ready to fight! I think the enemy's attack will come soon!"
Lu Meng was probably good. When the sun rose from the east, the rumbling sound of war drums came from the river!
The Wu army officers and soldiers immediately looked up at the river and saw countless wooden bamboo rafts carrying a large number of Liu Xianjun crossing the river!
Chapter completed!