"Returning gun, what a carbine! Hiss -" Seeing the tragic situation after the enemy ship was hit, Yang Xu was so excited that he waved his arms and shouted. He accidentally pulled the wound under his ribs, and it immediately hurt again.
Grin your teeth!
In the past two years, he has participated in many battles and even killed enemy generals with his own hands. However, fighting on horseback and fighting on the water are completely different.
On land, even if he is defeated, as long as he has a breath left, he has a chance to be rescued by the soldiers at the risk of his life. But on the water, as long as the ship is on fire or leaked, all around him will be saved.
No matter how many servants there are, they can't help.
"The Liao general on the opposite side is too overconfident, we shouldn't have chased him in the first place!" Ye Qinglian stared at the enemy ship with its tail raised high and the front half of its hull sunk into the water. There was a hint of relaxation in her words.
The battle just now made her feel more nervous than any previous battle.
In the past, when she fought with others, even if she occasionally lost, she would have a great chance of escaping with her martial arts skills. But today, none of her martial arts skills were of use.
"Turn the helm and go back. Zhang Shen and Li Fu will take the people to prepare hooks and fishing nets. Fish the enemy general and come up to Ti Xing to apologize!" Zhang Shouzhong's voice came from the side of the two men, with a genuine assurance.
Pleasure.
"Turn the helm and catch the enemy general!"
"Get your hooks and nets ready to catch the big fish!"
The brothers agreed with a bang, quickly adjusted their course, and turned back.
Han Qing was stunned for a moment, and instinctively wanted to remind Zhang Shouzhong to be careful of the fire ships chasing upstream. However, the next moment, he immediately realized that a lot of time had passed since he broke through the fire wall set by the enemy general.
More than an hour.
After more than an hour, no matter how big the fireship was, it would have been burned to ashes. How could it possibly be possible to catch up?
As for Zhang Shouzhong, why didn't he use his ultimate move until more than ten breaths ago? I'm afraid it was to ensure that the battle would no longer be interfered by fire ships.
Closing her mouth decisively, Han Qing looked at Zhang Shouzhong with appreciative eyes.
He dug the latter out of the prisoner pile. At the beginning, it was just because he really didn't have anyone who knew how to fight with water, so he gave this person a chance with the idea of giving it a try.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Shouzhong could give him so many surprises in return.
"Archers and clappers, pay attention to prevent enemy ships from coming to snatch people. Crossbowmen quickly reload. If any enemy ship is stubborn, it will be done!" Sensing Han Qing's gaze, Zhang Shouzhong tried to straighten his chest,
Give orders loudly.
"Yes!" the sailors answered loudly with joy.
With the concerted efforts of everyone, the sentry ship quickly turned around and sailed upstream towards the sinking enemy flagship.
Several fishing boats, mostly carrying Koreans, rushed over to grab people, but were knocked down in the river one after another by the crab-leg-like sticks on both sides of the sentry boats.
There was also a fishing boat that was too close and collided with the sentinel boat, causing it to break into pieces.
In close water battles, the size of the ship is the last word.
The sentry boat is ten times larger than the fishing boat. As long as the two sides collide, there is absolutely no chance that the latter will survive.
Sharp weapons such as rackets and rams also need to be large enough to be installed on the warships. The fishing boats forced by the Liao army had only two or three drafts. The bows could not be equipped with rams, and the hulls were not high enough to install rackets.
Rod.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, the victory was decided, and the Korean servants gained nothing except six fishing boats and hundreds of lives.
When the other dozen fishing boats, whose sailors were mainly from the Liao Kingdom, saw this, they immediately changed their tactics. The soldiers on the boat threw spears and fired arrows from more than thirty steps away, not hoping to turn defeat into victory, but just to interfere.
The soldiers of the Song Dynasty on the sentry boat cast a net to catch the "big fish" of the Liao Kingdom that fell into the water.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
Three crossbow guns flew out one after another and exploded three huge water columns near a fishing boat. Although they failed to hit the fishing boat directly, the surging waves pushed the fishing boat out of balance, turned it over, and fell into the sea.
Under the water.
The Liao soldiers on the boat screamed and fell into the river. They were swept up by the rapids and disappeared in an instant. When the Liao soldiers on other fishing boats saw it, they were so frightened that they quickly picked up their wooden oars and rowed away, fearing to escape.
It was slow and became the target of the next volley of crossbows.
The officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty on the sentinel ship were all carefully selected by Zhang Shouzhong from the former Dengzhou Navy. All of them were familiar with water warfare and were proficient in water properties.
Even though they had been frantically interfered by the Liao army before, they still threw the fishing nets and hooks in an orderly manner. Now that there was no more interference, everyone was more agile in their work. While collecting the nets, they were questioning the whereabouts of the Liao general from the mouths of the drowned prisoners.
Soon, the salvage scope was defined within a long and narrow area.
A dozen of the brothers with the best water skills went into the water with harpoons or iron hooks in their mouths, while the rest of the brothers continued to cast nets to catch the prisoners.
After just half a stick of incense, a cheer suddenly came from about fifty steps downstream, and immediately, several heads began to chase quickly on the water.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Shouzhong immediately ordered the sentry ship to turn again. At the same time, he grabbed a harpoon from the nearest brother and raised it high above his head.
Before he could tell which head on the water belonged to the enemy general, cheers rang out again, and Da Song Jianer, who was chasing after him, surrounded his opponent who was fighting to the death. He knocked down the weapon held by this person first.
, then, he stepped forward, picked up the man's hair, and dragged him back.
"The enemy general has been captured!"
"The enemy general has been captured!"
…
Cheers instantly resounded throughout the deck, although until now, the brothers did not even know the name of the enemy general.
"For punishment, the Liao general has been captured. Our army has won a complete victory in this battle!" Zhang Shouzhong finally stopped pretending to be calm, dropped the harpoon, quickly returned to Han Qing, and reported happily.
"Bring it up, bring it up, and let me see who it is. It's rare that there are people in the Liao Kingdom who know how to sail a boat!" Before Han Qing could respond, Yang Xu rushed to give him instructions.
"Take him to the main cabin. This man is also an expert in water warfare, but his skills are far inferior to yours!" Han Qing thought for a while and ordered with a smile. "Don't humiliate him, he might be useful in the future!"
"Yes!" Zhang Shouzhong agreed at the top of his voice, clasped his fists again, and turned around to help pull the prisoners onto the boat.
After about twenty breaths, he escorted the captured enemy general to Han Qing.
He is a middle-aged man in his thirties, with disheveled hair. His armor has long been discarded, and his soaked clothes cling tightly to his body. The cuffs and trousers are covered with mud-like river water dripping off.
Although he looks miserable, his mouth is extremely sharp.
When he saw Han Qing, he immediately announced his family name, "I am Cai Zhongcheng, the military commander of Cangzhou in Daliao. He is the nephew of Cai Renyuan, the commander of the Goryeo Navy. Today, my skills are inferior to others. I was defeated by Ti Xing. I am heartily convinced."
"You are Cai Renyuan's nephew. How long have you been in the Liao Kingdom? Recently, or many years ago? How many people from your Cai family have been there in total?" Han Qing shivered violently in his heart, and the smile on his face immediately turned bitter.
Sure enough, it is good but not bad.
His hunch turned out to be absolutely correct.
After Cai Renyuan received his message, he sent family members to the Liao Kingdom to find a way out.
From then on, the Liao Kingdom also had people who were proficient in water warfare. From the looks of it, they thought highly of them.
"Thanks to Ti Xing, our Cai family sent me, my cousin, and more than thirty other clan members to go to Daliao." Cai Zhongcheng grinned, with a bit of pride on his face, "Emperor of Daliao
You have a sharp eye and have entrusted me and my cousin with important responsibilities. Han Tixing, since you are destined to end the troubled times, why don't you abandon the Song Dynasty and join the Liao Dynasty? With your ability, you will definitely make our Liao soldiers even more powerful. In this way, we will destroy the Liao Dynasty.
After the Song Dynasty, peace in the world is just around the corner!"
