Chapter 237: Frustration

In the northwest direction of Peach Blossom Island, in the monstrous waves above the sea, nearly 200 warships approached the pier in the northwest corner of Peach Blossom Island in the surging waves.

In the midst of the waves, even these big boats are like a flat boat, rising and falling uncontrollably with the waves. Obviously, the hurricane has become much stronger and the waves are much stronger. But the limit was not yet reached, and the ship could barely maintain its direction and rush to the dock.

Above the pier, the pirates of Peach Blossom Island are swarming on the high cliff. With the help of the reconnaissance superiority of Otorishima Island in the east of the island, the direction of attack of the officers and men and sea vessels was always under control. When it was determined that the opponent's attack target was the dock in the northwest, Hai Dongqing and Xu Xing immediately issued an order to dispatch manpower from other places to focus on the defense.

Hai Dongqing's face was pale, he obviously hadn't recovered from the destruction of the underground warehouse. Because not only the loss of materials, but also the fire oil bed crossbow and other things that can be used as an effective means of defense have been destroyed, and the other side is coming with great momentum, and the situation is really a bit dangerous.

But Hai Dongqing is Hai Dongqing after all, after so many years of ups and downs, he has been fighting against the court with his head, and he has already practiced without fear of change. In terms of strength, the other party is actually in a disadvantageous situation, and it is not so easy for them to attack the dock. In addition to the superiority of his own troops, Hai Dongqing has already arranged other defensive means on various piers on the island, which is in case of emergency.

When the Ning Navy approached the outside of Peach Blossom Island, ten warships began to rush forward. Song Yanping and Wang Kai wanted to use these ten warships to break into the dock at high speed as a springboard. Once these ten ships are docked, a passage ashore will be opened for subsequent fleets. In view of this, these ten warships chose the ten strongest and most courageous in the Ning Navy to resist the first wave of the fiercest defense.

Ten warships were within 500 paces of the island when they encountered the breaking waves that were rushing towards the island. On the leeward side of the north side of the island, huge waves on both sides of the island swell, and after converging in the north direction of the island, an undercurrent surging toward the shore is formed. It was precisely because of the characteristics of this tide that Song Yanping and Wang Kai thought that it was possible for these ten warships to quickly approach the shore of the wharf, and they could quickly rush to the wharf with the help of the power of the waves.

In fact, at the beginning, with the help of oars, when the ten warships encountered the swell just right, they rushed to the bottom of the cliff like galloping horses under the force of the swell. The soldiers on the ship struggled to steer the rudder so that they would not be carried by the surging force towards the cliff and shatter it against the cliff wall with the waves.

Five hundred steps! Four hundred steps! Three hundred steps!

The warships of the Ning Navy were getting closer and closer, and everyone on the sea on the island was nervously holding their breath, staring at the ten big ships that rushed to the dock desperately. Everyone's throats rolled and swallowed and foamed.

"Two hundred steps!" One of the leaders beside Hai Dongqing shouted. The voice was hoarse and monotonous, but everyone could hear it clearly in the wind and rain.

Xu Xing couldn't help but look at Hai Dongqing, and when he saw Hai Dongqing's calm face, the tension in his heart disappeared a lot. I have been following this person for more than 20 years, and I have experienced dangerous situations countless times, and every time Hai Dongqing did not panic, he would turn evil into good fortune, and this time it should be the same. The reason why he is desperate to assist this person is precisely because he has a temperament that makes people feel stable.

"Holy Father, do you want to do it!" One of the leaders couldn't help but ask.

Hai Dongqing raised his hand and said in a deep voice: "What are you panicking about? Wait for them to get closer. ”

"One hundred and fifty steps!" The hoarse voice of the leader of the pirates sounded again. Up and down the docks, all the pirates clenched their blades, and all the archers above and below the turret began to tremble with their hands pulling their bowstrings. The rain was running down their faces, keeping their eyes open. But at this moment, no one dares to be distracted in the slightest.

"One hundred steps!"

The ten warships that came on the waves were close enough to see the faces of the soldiers on the ships, and close enough to see the minions of the Qinglong Banner fluttering on the mast, Hai Dongqing's voice finally sounded.

"Do it!"

The trumpets sounded and the drums rumbled. Dozens of war drums placed in the rear made a shocking sound under the beating of drumsticks, and the rain on the drum surface was knocked into a cloud of mist.

"Yikes!" On the top of the cliff above the pier, thousands of pirates on standby heard the sound, and they began to push the huge bluestones above the cliff top more than one person high. The bluestones were hewn with holes, and were connected by thick iron chains in the middle. Each of the five boulders is grouped together to form a boulder chain. That's not all, the boulder chains are tied to bundles of driftwood, and the mess looks like a haphazard wooden horse. Dozens of bundles of these hammers were tethered to each chain.

These boulders were already hanging from the top of the cliff, and when they were pushed by man, they began to roll down the cliff. Once one or two of the boulders fell under the cliff wall, a chain reaction occurred, and all the boulders in the chain fell. At the same time, dozens of bundles of driftwood connected by thick ropes were also pulled and fell into the cliff.

After Hai Dongqing gave the order to do it, more than forty groups of these strange combinations of boulder connections and driftwood bundles were pushed off the cliff. For a while, it roared like thunder, and the grass and trees flew sideways, just like a boulder rain on the top of the cliff.

People who don't know the details will naturally wonder about the actions of the pirates, and this kind of boulder rolling down can't hurt the other party at all, because under the cliff is the dock beach, and the other party is still dozens of steps away on the sea, and the two are not related to each other at all. However, it didn't take long for them to understand the subtlety of the move.

Countless boulders fell from the cliff wall more than ten feet high, and with the help of huge inertia, they did not stay in place, but dragged the mud and sand driftwood all the way to roll, and rushed through the beach dozens of steps into the sea with extremely ferocious force. In just a few moments, hundreds of boulders formed a barrier of driftwood and bluestone in the sea in front of the pier. Where the water is shallow, bluestone forms reefs. At the depths of the water, bluestone falls to the bottom of the sea, but the chaotic driftwood floats on the surface of the sea, forming an artificial obstacle.

Soon, these obstacles showed their power.

Ten large ships rushed towards the dock at great speed, and by the time the boulders tumbled down from the top of the cliff, they were already less than fifty paces away from the pier. Driven by the tide, their speed was already uncontrollable, and they had no time to react at such a short distance.

The original plan was for ten warships to rush to the beach with the force of the waves, and even if they ran aground, it didn't matter, they just wanted to rush to the shore in one go. However, instead of running aground, they collided head-on with a very fast speed into the bluestone reef in the sea.

"Boom, click." There was a crackling sound, and all but one of the ten warships, which was more fortunate enough to hit a mess of driftwood floating on the sea, all the rest crashed head-on into a man-made reef, shattering their bows. The tremendous inertia threw hundreds of soldiers on board to the shore, some falling into the rushing waves, others simply falling like white fish on the sand of the pier.

"Shoot the arrows!" Hai Dongqing shouted. Arrows rained down on the top of the cliff. Both tailwind and condescending, the power of the bow and arrow is doubled. Even if it is dozens of paces away from the beach, the range of the arrow can cover a range of 150 steps. The storm was mixed with a dense stream of arrows, completely enveloping the ten warships.

The officers and men on the ten warships had already suffered a huge impact, nearly half of them fell into the sea, and the rest were still in the midst of meat and vegetables. The soldiers in the sea are live targets, like sea tigers in the sea, and the merciless arrows nail them to the sea and to the sand. The turbid waters on the shore were swirling with dark red blood. The officers and men on board were in a slightly better position, and after a brief period of confusion, they could find a hiding place on board to avoid the rain of arrows. But even so, more than 200 people were shot in the chaos.

The battle lasted only a short moment, and the Ning Navy sailors who rushed to the beach paid a huge price. More than 700 of the 1,500 sailors were shot and killed, and 10 warships were paralyzed in the sea more than 30 paces offshore, and their bows were smashed to pieces. If it weren't for the fact that the water here was not deep enough, even if it sank in the water, it would have been an even more tragic end.

At this moment, it should be fortunate that Lin Jue destroyed the warehouse of the pirates. Otherwise, according to Hai Dongqing's design, the ship will be shot with a rocket dipped in oil, and the crossbow will also shoot the oil bladder onto the deck of the ship, and then ignited by the rocket. All the people on these ten ships were either burned or died in a rain of arrows.

On the sea hundreds of steps away behind, Yan Zhengsu, Song Yanping, and the little prince on the dragon-headed boat were all stunned to witness all this. Little did they expect to be hit so hard in the first round. Ten warships moved away from the dock beach, and did not succeed in rushing the beach, but from a distance, countless soldiers were killed and wounded on the sea, and suffered heavy losses.

The casualties were actually expected, and the ten ships were originally for the death squads that washed the beach. The casualties of the soldiers above are also estimated. However, the price of casualties is only worth the success of the beach. And now it was the case that ten ships were moored twenty or thirty paces offshore, and the short distance of twenty or thirty paces from the dock would be nothing on land. It is possible to force a breakthrough with a shield and some casualties. However, in the rough water, the distance of twenty or thirty steps can be said to be difficult to walk, and to rush to the beach through this distance of twenty or thirty steps, I am afraid that it will cost ten times the price on land. Such an outcome is absolutely unacceptable.

"Damn, Hai Dongqing is really cunning, he actually has such a hand. Dog. Mother-raised. Song Yanping scolded.

Yan Zhengsu frowned and said: "I should have thought of it a long time ago, when attacking Crescent Island, didn't the bandits on Crescent Island have the hand to block the dock?" It's just that they didn't have time at the time. We should have thought that Haidongqing would come to this hand. ”

Song Yanping stomped his feet and said, "I thought about it, but I thought that they would use a small boat full of mud and sand to sink in front of the pier." I didn't see anything just now, who would have thought that he would spend so much effort to get these big rocks on the top of the cliff? That's a mistake. ”

Guo Kun said loudly: "What's the use of regretting now? Let's figure it out. ”

Song Yanping stomped his feet and frowned, unable to think of a countermeasure for a while, Wang Kai said: "Commander Song, I will take people to rescue the brothers who are trapped on the ship." We can't just watch them alone, at least we have to save them. ”

Song Yanping nodded and said, "Okay, be careful, don't be too fast." The swells are too strong. ”

Wang Kai said: "Don't worry, I will use the wind to fight the swells." ”

Guo Kun shouted, "What do you mean? Aren't they attacking? ”

Song Yanping spread his hands and said: "Little prince, in the current situation, I'm afraid I can't attack it." Let's work out a feasible plan before we take care of it. At this point, the attack will not work, and it will be in vain if we can't get to the dock beach. ”

Guo Kun scolded repeatedly, but he was helpless.