Li Chengqian put on his clothes haphazardly and ran out of the cabin with long strides.
The frigate on the east side was blazing with flames, mixed with bursts of killing shouts and the loud noise of muskets being fired.
Ships that looked like fishing boats rushed towards the frigate one after another.
After each impact, the sky will burst into flames.
Obviously, these ships are not ordinary ships. They are not only loaded with H medicine, but also things like tung oil.
However, almost all the ships brought out by Li Chengqian this time had iron plates added to the hulls.
The tung oil only burned on the surface of the water and the ship, and did not cause any substantial damage to the ship. The scene only looked very scary.
And it was also at this time... .??.
Luo Ding'an hurriedly came to Li Chengqian's side.
Li Chengqian frowned and asked, "What's going on? Where do these people come from?"
now.
Even he was a little confused.
Where did these people come from?
Datang has long regarded river transportation as the country's main transportation capacity.
Every year, a lot of manpower and material resources are expended to clear out the water bandits who cause trouble on both sides of the river. There should not be water bandits on this waterway.
Moreover, this time they received orders from the imperial court to set off for the Northern Desert.
Officials from various places have already been stationed on both sides of the river, with one post every three steps and one sentry every five steps. They are afraid that someone will come out to cause trouble. There should not be a team that can hide secretly, but the reality is that his team is under such a dragnet of surveillance.
Below, they were attacked.
And Luo Ding'an had just made contact with the ship next door through lantern language.
The reply from the ship next door was that the person suddenly rushed out from the mountain.
of.
After hearing Luo Ding'an's answer, Li Chengqian stopped asking any more questions.
Now that things have happened, it is meaningless to ask where they came from.
Li Chengqian said calmly: "The other party's ship should be loaded with tung oil and the like. It seems that they are trying to sink our ship by exchanging lives for lives."
"If that's what they really planned to do."
"Then they definitely have more than that number of people and ships lurking nearby. If we don't protect them all, there are still people hiding somewhere!"
Li Chengqian squinted his eyes and said to Luo Ding'an beside him: "Go, ask people to light all the lanterns, and keep an eye on what's going on around you."
"Once you discover the situation, don't worry about anything else, just give him a few shots first!"
"yes!"
Luo Ding'an bowed to accept the order and stepped away.
not long time.
The tops of dozens of ships were lit with flames.
Of course, this was not because the ship was attacked, but because the soldiers on board lit it up themselves.
Because contemporary technology is still too poor to make light bulbs yet, Li Chengqian thought of the fire lantern.
The principle of the so-called fire lamp is also very simple. It is to place a large pot of charcoal fire on a stand that can rotate freely 180 degrees, and then place a large mirror behind the fire pot.
The firelight is refracted on the mirror, and the mirror can reflect the firelight far away, acting as a simple searchlight.
Don't even say it.
When these simple searchlights light up.
I actually found many hidden traces of ships on the edge.
Luo Ding'an didn't say a word, and immediately followed Li Chengqian's instructions and ordered the cannon to be fired.
Boom! Boom! Boom!……………………
Li Chengqian put on his clothes haphazardly and ran out of the cabin with long strides.
The frigate on the east side was blazing with flames, mixed with bursts of killing shouts and the loud noise of muskets being fired.
Ships that looked like fishing boats rushed towards the frigate one after another.
After each impact, the sky will burst into flames.
Obviously, these ships are not ordinary ships. They are not only loaded with H medicine, but also things like tung oil.
However, almost all the ships brought out by Li Chengqian this time had iron plates added to the hulls.
The tung oil only burned on the surface of the water and the ship, and did not cause any substantial damage to the ship. The scene only looked very scary.
And it was also at this time.
Luo Ding'an hurriedly came to Li Chengqian's side.
Li Chengqian frowned and asked, "What's going on? Where do these people come from?"
now.
Even he was a little confused.
Where did these people come from?
Datang has long regarded river transportation as the country's main transportation capacity.
Every year, a lot of manpower and material resources are expended to clear out the water bandits who cause trouble on both sides of the river. There should not be water bandits on this waterway.
Moreover, this time they received orders from the imperial court to set off for the Northern Desert.
Officials from various places have already been stationed on both sides of the river, with one post every three steps and one sentry every five steps. They are afraid that someone will come out to cause trouble. There should not be a team that can hide secretly, but the reality is that his team is under such a dragnet of surveillance.
Below, they were attacked.
And Luo Ding'an had just made contact with the ship next door through lantern language.
The reply from the ship next door was that the person suddenly rushed out from the mountain.
of.
After hearing Luo Ding'an's answer, Li Chengqian stopped asking any more questions.
Now that things have happened, it is meaningless to ask where they came from.
Li Chengqian said calmly: "The other party's ship should be loaded with tung oil and the like. It seems that they are trying to sink our ship by exchanging lives for lives."
"If that's what they really planned to do."
"Then they definitely have more than that number of people and ships lurking nearby. If we don't protect them all, there are still people hiding somewhere!"
Li Chengqian squinted his eyes and said to Luo Ding'an beside him: "Go, ask people to light all the lanterns, and keep an eye on what's going on around you."
"Once you discover the situation, don't worry about anything else, just give him a few shots first!"
"yes!"
Luo Ding'an bowed to accept the order and stepped away.
not long time.
The tops of dozens of ships were lit with flames.
Of course, this was not because the ship was attacked, but because the soldiers on board lit it up themselves.
Because contemporary technology is still too poor to make light bulbs yet, Li Chengqian thought of the fire lantern.
The principle of the so-called fire lamp is also very simple. It is to place a large pot of charcoal fire on a stand that can rotate freely 180 degrees, and then place a large mirror behind the fire pot.
The firelight is refracted on the mirror, and the mirror can reflect the firelight far away, acting as a simple searchlight.
Don't even say it.
When these simple searchlights light up.
I actually found many hidden traces of ships on the edge.
Luo Ding'an didn't say a word, and immediately followed Li Chengqian's instructions and ordered the cannon to be fired.