"Our ship, mention the punishment, the ship we left on the east road! The Yuan brothers are here to pick you up with the warship we left on the east road!" Zhang Shouzhong, who had already been prepared to die, felt as if he had been granted amnesty in an instant.
He turned around and rushed towards Han Qing, dancing with joy.
"Get closer, before the Liao army catches up." Han Qing was very excited when he was in a desperate situation, and waved his hand decisively to give the order.
"Yes!" Zhang Shouzhong agreed and ran to control the rudder himself. In the blink of an eye, the sentry ship changed its course and headed straight for the Song Dynasty fleet, like a baby swallow returning to its nest.
"I knew you would definitely have a backup plan!" Now that he had a way out, Yang Xu lost interest in killing the defenseless prisoners and returned to Han Qing with his sword in hand, praising him loudly. "
How did you expect that Liao would send warships to block the road? You even knew the time perfectly!"
"I didn't arrange it." The surprise on Han Qing's face quickly turned into confusion. He shook his head and responded in a low voice. "My brothers don't have the power to mobilize so many troops!"
This time he disguised himself and went north to explore the road, leaving Li Yu and the two Yuan brothers to take charge in Yucheng. However, Li Yu was only a seventh-rank official in the Criminal Division, and he was qualified to accept his entrustment to guard his lair.
But he has no power to mobilize troops and horses to attack.
Moreover, he remembered that the ships he left in Yucheng were mainly captured Korean warships and sentry ships, and there were no sand ships that were commonly used by Dengzhou Navy in the Song Dynasty. However, among the fleet that came to rescue him today, sand ships accounted for a full
Thirty percent!
"Who could that be? Is it Ding Wei?" Seeing that Han Qing didn't seem to be being modest, Yang Xu asked with a frown. "He saw that you hadn't returned for a long time, so he sent someone by boat to pick you up?"
"It's possible! Zhang Shouzhong said that when he encountered obstacles when he came, he immediately sent someone to drive the boat back the same way and asked Yucheng for help." Han Qing smiled and nodded, but quickly rejected the answer in his heart.
Ding said that to a certain extent, he and he were allies of interest and had provided help to him in violation of regulations many times.
However, the relationship between Ding Wei and him was not so good that he always cared about his whereabouts and dispatched a large army for him.
Moreover, Ding said that this person also lacks decisiveness and likes to repeatedly weigh the pros and cons of doing things.
It had been less than half a month since he left Yucheng. Even if Ding Wei was worried about his safety, he would not send out all the warships on Jingdong East Road so quickly.
Besides, the time doesn't match up either.
When Zhang Shouzhong came, he was blocked by Cai Zhongcheng. Worried that other incidents would happen, he immediately sent someone back to Jingdong East Road to ask for help.
With the current communication speed, it is difficult to tell whether the person seeking help has reached the Yucheng camp, let alone sending the police message directly to Ding Wei's desk.
Just as he was puzzled, a huge flagship had sailed out of the Song Dynasty fleet, heading towards the sentinel ship at his feet, quickly closing the distance between them.
"It's grandpa!" Dou Rong let out a low exclamation, and at the same time quickly pulled Han Qing's arm. "Grandpa is on that ship!"
Han Qing's eyes were not as bright as Dou Rong's, and she tried her best to stand on her toes. Then, heat surged in her heart.
It was indeed his grandfather, Han Chonggui, who was nearly seventy years old. He was fully clothed and holding a sword hilt, standing on the bow of an oncoming ship. His snow-white beard and scarlet shirt were fluttering up and down in the sea breeze.
No wonder there are more than twenty sand ships!
In an instant, Han Qing understood the ins and outs of the Song Dynasty fleet opposite.
It was his grandfather Han Chonggui who was stationed in Dengzhou on Ding Wei's request, so he immediately saw Zhang Shouzhong's letter asking for help.
The old general gathered together the Korean ships he had left in Dengzhou and the old ships of the Dengzhou Navy, and resolutely set out to sea and headed north.
Ding said that even if he received the news from Zhang Shouzhong, he would hesitate to send a fleet to pick him up. His grandfather Han Chonggui, on the other hand, would not delay at all when he heard that his grandson might be in danger.
"Woooooooo—" The Liao army commander, who thought he had regarded Han Qing as his prize, refused to give up, blew the conch, and took the lead in launching an attack on the Song fleet.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." On the flagship of the old general Han Chonggui, the corners of the ship also rang. The ships in the fleet, large and small, tried their best to get closer together, and then they all pointed the collision angle at the enemy warship.
This team was put together temporarily. Most of the generals on the ship were not familiar with naval warfare. It was difficult to form an exquisite formation in a hurry. However, the number of ships exceeded the enemy's force four times, and the size of the main battleship was
, not inferior to its opponents.
The battle between the two sides quickly turned into a stalemate. The Liao fleet used many sophisticated tactics, rushing left and right under the leadership of the flagship. The offensive was extremely fierce. In the blink of an eye, four Song ships caught fire and had to withdraw from the battle.
However, there were more Song ships, under the command of Han Chonggui, and they rammed head-on into the Liao fleet, trying to smash themselves into pieces and smash the opponent into pieces.
The Liao army had a small number of warships and was far away from the ports it controlled. How could it be willing to exchange one for one with Han Chonggui? In desperation, the leading Liao general had no choice but to adjust his tactics again, trying to regain the distance between the two sides and use skillful combat
Techniques to gain the upper hand.
How could Han Chonggui, who had been a soldier all his life, be willing to give the enemy a chance to display his capabilities? He decisively raised his command flag, waved it rapidly above his head, and notified his warships to launch a general attack.
In an instant, the sound of the horn was like the roar of a tiger and the roar of a dragon, completely suppressing the sound of the conches. The warships of the Song Dynasty were like predatory sharks, attacking the opponent together.
Use feather arrows and rockets from a long distance, and use throwing spears and fire bombs within ten feet. Although the accuracy of all weapons is greatly reduced due to the bumps on the deck. However, when the number accumulates to a certain level, there will always be one or two weapons.
, hit the target.
The Goryeo-style battleship was quite large. Even if it was hit by two fire bombs in a row, it would not be directly sunk. However, the Liao sailors on the ship were frightened to death. Their hands and feet quickly became stiff, and they did not respond to orders.
The response has also become noticeably slower.
As a result, the leader of the Liao army, no matter how familiar he was with water warfare, could not exert even 30% of his abilities. Soon, the entire fleet under his command fell into a disadvantage.
However, the surrounding Song troops were fighting more and more smoothly, cooperating with each other to lay siege to the target, throwing one wave of fire bombs after another.
"Boom!" Finally, a big hole was blown into the side of a Liao warship, and seawater surged in. The Koreans and Liao people on the ship screamed and jumped into the water to escape. However, no one of their companions was seen around to come to the rescue.
, only one sentry ship flying the Song flag could be seen, passing back and forth like swimming fish.
Ropes were constantly thrown from the sentinel boat to rescue Da Song Erlang who accidentally fell into the water one by one. However, they turned a blind eye to the Liao soldiers who fell into the water.
"Hold it, hold it, prepare to join forces!" A little further away, two Song warships, one on the left and one on the right, pinched a Liao warship and dropped several flying warships at close range.
The flying claws dragging the rope firmly hooked on the side of the target's ship. The two Song Dynasty warriors roared and pulled the rope and swung towards the enemy ship. As soon as their feet landed on the ground, an autumn wind swept from the iron whip in their hands.
The fallen leaves smashed the Liao soldiers who rushed to fight, including their weapons and soldiers, and sent them flying upside down.
The remaining officers and soldiers on the two Song Dynasty warships also stopped throwing short spears and fire bombs, and jumped over with ropes, followed behind the two warriors, and killed the Liao soldiers on the ship until they were retreated.
Soon, the entire warship became a prisoner of the Song Dynasty. The other officers and soldiers on the Liao warship became increasingly panicked. Without waiting for the commander's order, they turned around and fled in a hurry.
The surrounding Song ships were in hot pursuit, trying to expand the victory. Both sides advanced at full speed on the wide sea, and the sterns cut out streaks of snow-white water lines.
The veteran general Han Chonggui was not interested in chasing the enemy. Seeing that the overall situation was decided, he ordered his flagship to face the sentinel ship where Han Qing was located again.
The sentinel ship Han Qing was on was also trying to get closer to him. The distance between grandfather and grandson quickly narrowed, and after a while, each other could clearly see each other's eyebrows and eyes.
"Little bastard, are you looking for death? You disguised yourself and sneaked behind enemy lines. Why don't you just go and assassinate Yelu Longxu?" Before Han Qing had time to salute, the old general's shouts and curses came over him, "There will be no outsiders in a while."
