Chapter 284 A few boats of fishing fire on the water
The largest fishing boat only has about ten materials, and the small one only has three or four materials. If it is outside the harbor, the Goryeo warship can easily throw it away twenty steps away with its sails and wooden oars. Then a few consecutive rounds of crossbows can
Shoot it through the side of his ship, causing it to leak and capsize.
But now, the narrow harbor limits the galloping space of the Goryeo warships. The artificial reefs made of gravel packed in bamboo baskets under the water even prevent the Goryeo warships from changing their course and speed at will.
Compared with the fishing boats with a draft of more than 100 materials, they are like elephants and sheep. However, these elephants can only retreat, dodge, and struggle in front of the sheep rushing up in the thick smoke.
No power to fight back.
The three Goryeo warships that ran aground were the first to be hit by fishing boats and ignited. The flames spread along the broken sides of the ship, burning the deck in a blink of an eye, and then ignited the mast, helm and bamboo splints.
Mainsail.
The three Goryeo warships turned into three huge bonfires.
Cui Rong, the commander of the forward squadron, climbed onto the sampan surrounded by his own soldiers, abandoned the ship and fled for his life. Forty servants grabbed three other sampans and followed closely behind.
The four sampans that were carried with the ship to prepare for emergencies were quickly divided up. The remaining more than a hundred Korean soldiers and sailors could not bear the pain of burning themselves in the fire, so they had no choice but to jump into the sea one by one.
On the other two warships that caught fire, the commanders, Yuhou and Dutou, climbed onto the sampan first. The hierarchy in Goryeo was very clear, and it was the same on the ship. Don't look at the commanders who usually claim to love their soldiers like their own sons. In times of crisis,
At the critical moment, everyone forgot about their "son".
Ordinary soldiers and sailors who could not grab the sampan were left with only two choices: to live and die with the warship, or to risk jumping into the sea.
Almost all the soldiers and sailors chose the latter. In an instant, there was a crowd of people near the three Korean warships that ran aground and caught fire.
But in the sea, a murderous secret was being spread at this moment. Several Koreans dressed as captains swam hard to the warship closest to them. When they were less than three feet away, their swimming movements suddenly stopped, and then they were each on the water.
After a few flops and struggles, it quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.
Blood surged up with large bubbles, and in the blink of an eye, the nearby area was dyed bright red. "There are sharks, there are sharks! The Song Army hid the sharks underwater!" Other people who jumped into the sea to escape were shocked.
Huh, they scrambled to stay away from the area where the water turned red. However, while they were running away, five or six more of them were dragged underwater, and then turned into corpses. (Note: Shark, ancient water
The lower soldier is mainly responsible for setting fires and digging out the bottom of enemy ships.)
"Help me, help me up!" The sampan Cui Rong was on passed between the two burning warships and went straight to the third warship that was turning with difficulty.
The commander of the battleship was also named Cui, with the single word "Hao". His status in the family was far less important than Cui Rong. Seeing the sampan approaching him, the man immediately ordered his cronies to drop the ropes.
However, before Cui Rong's sampan could reach the rope, two fishing boats with billowing smoke rushed towards them.
"Paddle quickly, paddle quickly, put down the racket, put down the racket and don't let it hit you!" Cui Hao immediately ignored the need to help Cui Rong and decisively ordered his ship to speed away. At the same time, from
Diagonally facing the side of the fishing boat, four huge racket poles were smashed.
There was enough power on the racket stick. Although the attack range was limited, it failed to hit the fishing boat, but it caused white waves to roll near the battleship.
The fishing boat was immediately blocked by the water waves and could not continue to close the distance with the warship. The dry firewood and fish oil on the boat continued to burn, and soon the fishing boat turned into two torches.
The warriors of the Song Dynasty who were manning the fishing boat had no choice but to abandon the ship and go into the sea. They took the dagger to find trouble for the Goryeo soldiers who jumped into the water to escape. However, the Goryeo warship that luckily escaped the disaster speeded up and rushed out of the harbor, determined not to stay any longer.
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"Save me, save me, Cui Hao, otherwise the master of the family will not let you go!" Seeing the battleship pushing him farther and farther away, the commander of the Korean Navy's forward squadron made Cui Rong furious.
But soon, he was no longer angry.
The warship where his brother Cui Hao was on suddenly made a loud "boom" sound. Immediately afterwards, it spun halfway, and the ship's hull quickly tilted to the right. The ballistae and sand buckets on the deck were
The racket stick and some of the Korean soldiers were all thrown into the sea.
"Creak, creak..." The hull made a harsh sound, and the tilt angle continued to increase. A hole as thick as a well appeared in the bottom of the ship, and seawater surged in along the hole.
Near the hole, several thick wooden pillars appeared and disappeared as the water rippled.
"There are hidden stakes, there are hidden stakes..." On several nearby warships, the Korean soldiers were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they screamed.
Special reinforcements have been made above the waterline of the battleship. No changes have been made below the waterline. The bottom of the high-speed battleship collided with hidden piles hidden under the water. Even if it did not break immediately and flood, it would
It will leave huge hidden dangers.
When retreating from Dengzhou Port, the nearest destination is Tieshan in Liaodong, which requires a whole day of sailing on the sea. If a hidden danger occurs in the bottom of the ship and leaks halfway, everyone on the ship will die without a burial place!
The Korean rowers who were rowing instinctively slowed down their pace. The sailors leading the team were dizzy but did not dare to make any further urging.
The commander of the battleship ran to the bow of the ship, widened his eyes, and tried hard to see if there were any traps hidden under the water in front. The helmsman, who controlled the course, pricked his ears desperately, lest he miss any orders or warnings from the commander.
As a result, the speed of the Goryeo warships leaving the port was greatly slowed down. The fishing boats filled with dry firewood and grease launched a new round of attacks on different Goryeo warships from all directions.
Some warships turned their ballistas and fired at fishing boats. However, the hit rate was mediocre.
The crossbow, like the bed crossbow, is only suitable for dealing with slow-moving targets, while the fishing boat has a small target, fast speed and flexible steering, so it is impossible to be easily hit by the crossbow.
Even if a fishing boat was unfortunately sunk by chance, it would not be much of a hindrance to the Song Dynasty warriors on board.
They were all nearby fishermen, and they were more familiar with the hydrology in the port than at home. After jumping into the sea, they either swam to the nearest coast, or carried knives to look for the fallen Korean soldiers, and cut off their heads to be issued by the government.
huge bounty.
"Bang!" Another Goryeo warship hit an underwater artificial reef on its way out of the port. Although the water did not leak immediately, half of the hull was stuck on the reef and could not escape.
The two fishing boats chasing them nearby immediately turned around and pounced on them under the control of the Song Dynasty warriors. The dry firewood and grease on the boats were also quickly ignited, and thick smoke rose upwards.
The Korean soldiers on the battleship roared, opened their bows and fired arrows, shooting the fishing boat's awning like a hedgehog, but they could not stop it from continuing to approach them.
In the blink of an eye, the distance between the fishing boat and the warship narrowed to less than a foot away. The warriors recruited with a lot of money quickly leaned out from the canopy of the boat and struggled to throw out an iron hook dragging the rope.
"Bang!" The iron hook fell on the battleship and clung to the side of the ship. The warriors of the Song Dynasty on the fishing boat pulled the rope with all their strength, instantly increasing the speed of the fishing boat to the maximum, and then jumped into the sea.
