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With Qi Xiaobai's approval, Zhou Baotong collected thirty giant warships, of which twenty were borrowed and converted into warships by merchants.
A hundred neutral warships, of course, many are converted from merchant ships, and as for small warships, there are thousands, and ten thousand, small transport ships.
This small transport ship is very small, and can carry ten people and an army of 200,000.
The flag is hung with the banner of the Uesugi family, Wang Yi became the Guan Bai of the Dongyi Island Country, and the Uesugi family once belonged to Zhou Baotong, Zhou Baotong in order to resist Wang Yi's power in the Dongyi Island Country, Zhou Baotong asked Qi Xiaobai for the puppet of the Uesugi family, Uesugi Tian.
In order to prevent Wang Yi from being uncontrollable in Dongyi Island Country, Qi Xiaobai named the young Uesugi Tian as the 'man of the world', nominally higher than Wang Yi's status, but his power could not be compared with Wang Yi.
After all, Uesugi Tian was too young, and it was Zhou Baotong who asked Qi Xiaobai to seal it in order to prevent Wang Yi from becoming bigger in Dongyi Island Country.
However, because Uesugi Heaven was named a person of the world, the flag of the Uesugi family was used for the flag of the Dongyi Island Country.
However, the high-level people in the Dongyi Island Country all know that the Uesugi family is just a puppet of the Qi State.
Because of the huge momentum this time, Baekje and Silla also got the news, and they hurriedly prepared to meet the battle, but a total of 1,000 small sailing ships were assembled, and five medium-sized warships were gathered.
And the marshal who commanded this war was the Grand Duke 'Kim An' of Silla!
The total number of people in Silla and Baekje reached 10,000.
In the face of such a huge Zhou Baotong's navy, they were not afraid, and Jin An was also the first time to command a naval war.
Four days after Zhou Baotong set off from Dongyi Island Country, the two sides met in the Korean Sea.
Zhou Baotong sat on the giant battleship: "We have an absolute advantage, so we have to crush them directly, and we can't give them a chance to breathe!" ”
Jin An looked at the Uesugi fleet in front of him, his hands trembling: "This Dongyi Island country has just recovered from the war, how can it organize such a huge fleet?" ”
Jin An knew that the other party was from Dongyi Island Country, and he also knew that the other party's fleet was very large, but what he didn't expect was that it would be so huge, and the number of small transport ships reached 10,000.
And Baekje, the Silla coalition army was also stunned, looking at the dense boats on the sea, they also had fear, and Zhou Baotong suppressed the other party from the momentum.
"General, give the order, attack!" Zhou Baotong's number one subordinate and Tian Dongyi said to Zhou Baotong.
He Tian Dongyi is a good and traitor, full of villain, Zhou Baotong who serves is very good, and he is also very efficient, so He Tian Dongyi sat in the position of Zhou Baotong's left and right hands.
Zhou Baotong waved his hand: "Give them a chance, as long as they open the way and surrender, we will give him a chance!" ”
If you can not fight, you will not fight, Zhou Baotong does not want to fight with the other party at sea, although it has a huge advantage in numbers and equipment, but there are many accidents at sea.
In case of a hurricane or something, it is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out, so if you can not fight, Zhou Baotong still hopes that you can not fight.
The superiority of equipment at sea is real, and the superiority in numbers is not very obvious.
Naval warfare in this world is very traditional, because there are no cannons, so naval warfare is very traditional, that is, running to the opponent's ship and fighting the opponent.
And Zhou Baotong is on the offensive and the other side is on the defensive, so Zhou Baotong wants to land on the other side's ship.
The opponent's ship is very small, and the number of people sent to the opponent's ship will not be too many, once the opponent cooperates very well, once the fight starts, even if he wins, Zhou Baotong may win miserably.
If there is a hurricane, basically the opponent can defeat the strong with the weak.
And Zhou Baotong sent so many people here, of course, not to fight a naval battle, but to land, occupy Silla and Baekje, and use these two places as a base to lay a good foundation for Qi Xiaobai's attack on Goguryeo.
"The general is really merciful, and he doesn't want the other party's lives to be ruined, so he hereby surrenders!" He Tian Dongyi slapped a good fart.
This Zhou Baotong is also very useful, after all, Zhou Baotong is a thief, and he is very useful for this kind of words.
The letter of surrender came to Jin An's hand, Jin An looked at the letter, and then was silent, and the subordinates beside him persuaded: "The general has many people on the other side, and there are so many warships, we will be defeated in the war!" ”
Jin An was silent for a while, then tore up the letter, and then looked ahead: "I can't be humiliated, the king's love for me!" ”
"Write a reply to them, Kou is coming, we will protect our homeland, Kou wants to fight, we will fight!" Jin An said to the people on the side.
Soon Jin An's letter was shot at Zhou Baotong's fleet with a bow and arrow, and after Zhou Baotong saw Jin An's letter, he was silent, and Hetian Dongyi on the side said: "These dog thieves, it's really shameless, the general please order, we will slaughter them all!" ”
"Prepare trebuchets and bomb them!" Zhou Baotong said to the people on the side.
Although there were no cannons, Zhou Baotong's battleship was equipped with trebuchets and burned oil.
This kind of thing was a weapon of naval warfare, and soon the catapult was equipped with a burning round object.
This is a stone, wrapped in a cloth, then poured oil on it, and then ignited.
Dozens of catapults then threw the fire bomb at the location of the opposing warship, and Zhou Baotong called the stone 'fire bomb'
Seeing Zhou Baotong's warship launch this thing, the sea turned into a sea of fire in an instant, because there is fuel oil, and water can also burn.
Moreover, many ships were hit by fire bombs, and their largest warship, a medium warship, burned instantly after being hit by several fire bombs.
Because there are too many small boats, and the fire bombs are limited, they are just smashed in the water to play a deterrent role, and in the end, small boats have to fight against small boats.
Although the fire bomb is powerful, the fuel is particularly expensive, and Zhou Baotong did not bring much.
Three of the five medium-sized warships were destroyed by this fireball, which made Jin An a little confused, and the ocean in front of him was ablaze.
Jin An frowned, he felt that this battle was not good......
And at this time, Jin An was put on a knife around his neck, although Jin An was not afraid, but the people around him were already afraid, there were flames all around, they felt that they were fighting, and they would definitely die in this flame.
"I'm sorry, Grand Duke, the other party has this flame weapon, we are fighting, it will definitely be annihilated, it is better to surrender and save your life!" The man next to Jin An said.
This person is the grand duke of Baekje named 'Fu Yulong', and their status is the same, but in this war, Jin An is the commander, and his husband Yu Long is the deputy marshal.
However, because the two sides are the grand dukes of two countries, their power is not divided between upper and lower, after Fu Yulong took Jin An hostage with a knife, the people around him were stunned.
"Look around, do you think we still have a chance of victory?" Fu Yulong looked at everyone and asked.