Chapter 876 Escape

This time, some cunning Song ship commanders had discovered the wonderful use of ballistae. They raised their gun mounts high and directly attacked the enemy ship's large sail, which had an obvious target.

Just like shooting a basketball, the cement bombs were thrown high and were blocked by the enemy ship's sails when they fell. Some of them passed through the sails and landed on the stern of the ship, while some were directly intercepted by the ship's sails and landed on the bottom of the ship's mast.

The effect of this attack was extraordinary. The spectacular scene of dozens of enemy ships bursting into flames at the same time made Wang Shao at the rear tremble with fear: "Notify all the ships in the rear to retreat another two miles!"

At this time, the first batch of enemy ships that caught fire finally burned the oil tank storing the fire oil. The huge explosion blew the wooden ship into pieces. The fire oil spread along the sea surface. The pirates who had jumped into the sea before,

I could only watch helplessly as the sea of ​​​​fire approached, and then I screamed and was enveloped in flames and swallowed up.

The Song Army's fleet also began to turn, and the formation gate of the Yanxing Formation opened a distance and turned into a two-row array.

The Pushuma Army, whose flags were ineffective, was not so lucky. Countless ships that had no time to lower their sails crashed directly into the sea of ​​​​fire like moths fluttering into the flames.

What was even more tragic was that the Greek fire cabinets on the pirate ships that were attacked in the second round exploded again one after another, giving a huge blow to the ships that had just entered the sea of ​​​​fire.

The ship decks, human bodies, and fireballs composed of fierce fire oil fell on these ships, and soon caused fires that could not be extinguished. There was no need for the Song army to attack again, and they were finished on their own.

To make matters worse, the Song army had already made adjustments and took advantage of the enemy fleet to start a free attack while the enemy fleet was in chaos.

In just half an hour, hundreds of pirate ships were scrapped on this warm ocean.

Countless desperate ships, carrying blazing fire, charged towards the Song army's front, hoping to pull the Song ship into this hellish abyss.

However, the Song ship had already completed its turn during the process of widening the formation gate, and now Wei Shou'an's fleet was moving in the same direction as them!

Under such circumstances, it would be very difficult for the pirate ships to get close to the Song ship. None of them could get within fifty steps of the Song ship, which was the firing range of the fierce oil pump.

One after another, the pirate ships turned into fireballs, and the huge black smoke caused Wang Shao, who was downstream, to completely lose the ability to judge the situation of the battle.

Seeing the flaming wreckage of the ship drifting towards him along the ocean current, Wang Shao had no choice but to order the nine schooners to form two formations, sandwiching the area composed of the fire ships, and slowly and carefully moved upwind.

Until they penetrated the smoke-filled sea, Wang Shao was amazed by the battle ahead.

At the same time, I was secretly glad in my heart that the wisest decision in this naval battle was to let Wei Shou'an take over the temporary command.

More than two hundred Song ships, with the huge sea swan ship as the core, and more than ten small boats as escorts, formed a large formation of two rows of flying geese. At the same time, they formed a small formation, echoing each other, and the two were squeezed in the center.

The pirate ships like flies on their heads carried out ruthless killings.

The long-range advantage of the Song ship's ballistae was brought into full play, and all enemy ships were destroyed before they could get within fifty steps of the Song ship.

The sea surface with a radius of more than ten miles was filled with exploding fireballs and rising smoke. It was a complete beating scene.

Wang Shao is a great strategist and an expert in land mobile warfare. When it comes to battle tactics, he has always just looked at them and ignored them.

Today's naval battle allowed him to thoroughly see the power of the formation.

It turns out that in a water battle where formations change slowly and rigidly, once the navy has the ability to flexibly change formations, it turns out that the navy can become so sharp!

Li Jiyuan's Yuanjiang Navy was defeated by a commanding baton like Li Xian's. I'm afraid he still can't close his eyes under the water of Yuanjiang!

Mufti is now as desperate as Li Jiyuan, but his ship has turned to success and is struggling to get closer to Pu Shima, who has come to rescue him.

Pu Shima had no choice but to save him. Mufuti had half of his own military strength. If he gave up, he would become a rogue on the sea.

Now, with his own addition, as long as the whole army spreads out and presses forward, the Song army's tactics can be restrained, and there is still enough advantage to defeat them.

Just when the lion flag representing the decisive battle had just been raised and the pirate fleet began to slowly disperse, nine huge schooners emerged from the black smoke on both sides of the thick smoke like djinn from hell.

The huge hulls did not affect their agility at all. The schooners took a zigzag route, and their speed was as fast as their own. The smallest one was even bigger than their King Kong, which made Pu Shima feel scared.

All broken.

He saw it, and so did all the pirate ships.

Before he could change his flag, dozens of warships in the rear suddenly changed course and fled towards Macheng!

In the front was the huge pressure from Song's reinforcements, in the middle was a sea of ​​fire from the former army, and behind was the frantic flight of his comrades. Countless pirates collapsed and began to imitate the same example, turning the bow of the ship and fleeing to Macheng with the leader.

Pu Shima was stunned and jumped on the ship's roof and cursed, but to no avail.

The planned chaotic fight turned into a real chaotic escape.

Mufti witnessed this change and closed his eyes in despair: "Raise the lion flag, turn the helm, fight decisively, and win time for the king to assemble his army!"

In the Song army, Wei Shou'an saw the appearance of nine giant ships, and he was also beating his chest. Scholar Wang arrived too early, Pu Shima must retreat, and this battle will not be completed!

However, the change in the situation in an instant made him stunned. The direction Pu Shima escaped was not to the open sea, but to the inner harbor led by a small fleet of bewildered boats!

He slammed the railing of the ship's building: "Okay! Why did you forget this kid! Sun Neng, get on the boat and go to the Taishan. Tell the bachelor to leave this place alone and pass directly by us on both sides. Lead the schooner fleet and block the pirates in the port.

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Mufuti didn't know why the Song army was so agile. The reinforcements were not affected by the battle at all, just like two slippery moray eels, following the battle area towards Pu Shima.

"It's over!" Mufti's heart sank into a bottomless abyss. Today's naval battle completely subverted his understanding of naval battles.

The Song Army's sharp firearms, superb command, and flexible response were as if the true god was looking down from the sky and then controlling the chessboard with ease.

On the sea, several small Song Dynasty ships passed through the final defense and rushed towards themselves; in the sky, several strange stone balls began to fall towards the huge sail of the Zhenyan.

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Pu Shima knew that his former army was finished, and his good brother, the bearded man who wandered from Dashi to Macheng, talking about the true God all day long, hoping that one day the glory of the true God would spread throughout the South China Sea, was finished.

His only idea now is to rush back to Macheng, punish the boy who disrupted his position with the most cruel punishment, and then drop him to a cage in front of the harbor to dry.

The sea is the land of pirates, and the land is nothing.

If it hadn't been for him, he would have at least been able to take the fleet and escape to the open sea, or go to Srivijaya on the other side.

It only needs to plunder a few cities to grow again.

That's right, while the battle is still going on in the outer sea, as long as Mufuti drags the Song people until night, he can use the darkness of night and his familiarity with this sea area to sneak out of the encirclement.

There is still a chance, but the prerequisite is that you must bring your remaining fleet and the wealth you have accumulated over the years.

Only he knows how many accidents it took to become the King of the South China Sea. If he had to start from scratch, even he himself would not have the confidence.

What Mufuti often said makes sense - even if the true God favors you, you should still watch your camel.

However, when Pu Shima returned to the port, he couldn't help but feel angry.

The large and small ships outside the port were all jammed together and did not enter the inner harbor at the mouth of the Ma River in an orderly manner!

This is completely exposing yourself to the upcoming Song Army's ballistae!

We boarded a small boat, grabbed the men and asked them carefully, but it was the Cochin people who came back first. They anchored more than thirty ships at the mouth of the river and went ashore, completely blocking the way to the port!

The subordinates were still complaining: "The Cochin people were so frightened that they fled to the shore without even dropping their sails!"

Pu Shima was furious: "All ships are evacuating to the open sea and heading west! Send people to the Cochin ship to cut off the sail ropes and pull them into the inner harbor for me! We only have half a day!"

"You are as cowardly as a rat and ran away in the face of battle. Now he is blocking the mouth of the river. Catch that boy and hang him up and roast him!"
Chapter completed!