The second stop: the first naval battle
Dai Yu led people to find a high ground, and after climbing up, he saw a little sail shadow on the sea. It is clear that the people of the island have fled.
At noon, Yun Xiao's fleet reached the open sea. It wasn't until the evening that the first 4,000 people were able to land.
"Master Hou, I didn't go deep into the island according to your instructions. I just scouted within a radius of about five miles and killed a few people. It looks like a fisherman on the island. Dai Yu reported the situation to Yun Xiao. And took Yun Xiao to the side of the corpses.
"What did the brute do?" As soon as Yun Xiao looked at the corpse, he knew that it must have been the brute bull guy who did it. He is the only one who can make a living person to this point.
"Fishermen indeed." Yun Xiao fiddled with the harpoon and looked at it repeatedly. Bronze, a metal peculiar to this era. It seems that the Japanese are not so strong now, at least the domineering Japanese sword has not yet appeared.
Throwing the harpoon to the ground, Yun Xiao glanced at the corpse. Ragged costumes, rough skin, and a short body. Proving that the nutritional status of these people is not good, Yun Xiao's heart is half relieved. It seems that this time I made a little fuss, and the Japanese people are not as powerful as they imagined.
"Stay sentry and rest for the night. Tomorrow morning, we will depart! ”
The sea crashes against the shore, and the May breeze is soft and refreshing. Yun Xiao lay in the cabin, trying to put himself to sleep. But the never-ending waves still made him unable to sleep.
Kublai Khan twice crossed east to the Wa Kingdom, but was stopped by typhoons. The Mongol iron cavalry that dominates the world has no way to conquer the people on the island, will it be smooth sailing this time or will he follow in the footsteps of Kublai Khan?
Their own army was armed with the most powerful crossbow arrows of the era. The sharpest saber and the sharpest sergeant. Yun Xiao found N reasons for himself, no matter which one he had, he could defeat the Japanese people without any suspense. But my heart is still not steady.
The clouds tossed and turned this night, and it was not until the sky was light that they squinted for a while.
"Master Hou, Master Hou ......" Yun Xiao felt that he had just fallen asleep and was awakened. Zhang Nianyi stood at the door of his cabin, and Yun Xiao, who was lying in his clothes, felt a little chilled. After a shiver, he stretched his waist widely.
The generals outside the door were already ready to stop, and it looked like they had been waiting for a while.
"Nian Yi, you take people to the island, and then arrange for Busan's supplies to be transported here. The horses were brought in to clear the island. The island is very large, and it is not as difficult as a horse to clear it. Dai Yu took the lead, and Xiao Xiong followed the Chinese army, let's continue to sail east......"
Yun Xiao gave the battle order while eating breakfast under the eyes of the generals at home. Zhang Nianyi is a caring person, Yun Xiao said. Zhang Nianyi pressed a finger. Wait for Yun Xiao to finish. Repeat it to Yunxiao again. Seeing that Yun Xiao no longer had any new instructions, he retreated to do something.
He's a neat man! Yun Xiao admired Zhang Nianyi's style of doing things, and the fleet had already pulled anchor and set sail before breakfast was finished.
"Hou Ye was also a little cautious, according to me, he should have set off yesterday afternoon. In that way, we can reach the island full of gold and silver that Hou Ye said today. ”
Jin Biao looked at the sparkling sea. Said with some complaints. These killers have misinterpreted Yun Xiao's words. He thought he was going to a place full of gold and silver. Some people have even given Toying a new name - Treasure Island.
"What nonsense, you can understand the deployment of the Hou Ye's troops? The Xiongnu Shan Yu is so powerful, and he was not beaten by our Hou Ye and retracted back to Mobei. Do you think your skills are as good as those three autumns? Dai Yu coldly reprimanded Jin Biao. Although in his heart, he also thought that Yun Xiao was a little cautious. But he will never allow his subordinates to question Yun Xiao's decision, there can only be one leader in the army, and that is Hou Ye, and whoever wants to challenge this authority has only a dead end.
"Dai Ye......" Jin Biao saw that Dai Yu's face sank badly, and lowered his head to be glutinous and silent.
"Go and inspect the cabin to see if the brute is full." Dai Yu commanded with a calm face. This is a kind of punishment in disguise, and everyone knows that it is difficult for a bull to wait. and don't understand people's words, and often can't achieve the goal and slap it over.
This guy didn't take it lightly or heavily, and the number of servants he killed was now in the double digits. In addition, the brute cow is unwilling to take a bath, and his body smells stinky. Whether it is the Yun family's guards or servants, they are not willing to make do with the brute bull if they have nothing to do.
"Dai Ye has a boat on the sea." The lookout post on the mast suddenly shouted at Dai Yu. When Dai Yu heard this, he hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked at the sea.
Speckled sails appeared on the surface of the sea, varying in size and shape. There are several large ships, which are not much different from the boat Dai Yu is on. There are more fishing boats two or three feet long, and Dai Yu can see it clearly when he gets closer. The men of these ships have swords in their hands. There were many people on the big ship who wore armor and tiger-headed shields on their chests.
"Master Dai, what are these people doing?" Jin Biao looked at the team on the sea and said with some doubts.
"What the hell, you can't grow a pig's brain. Blow the trumpet and get ready for battle. Dai Yu was almost annoyed by Jin Biao's stupid appearance, and kicked this guy away.
The horn sounded, and several ships quickly approached and crossed. The sound of the three-bow bed crossbow rattled into a circle, and the Yun family guards quickly shook the rocker arm of the iron-tired crossbow, and the deck was busy.
There were too many ships on the opposite side, and there were only about two dozen ships under Dai Yu. Although it was much larger than the warship of the Japanese people on the other side, it was much smaller in number.
Dai Yu shook his teeth, he never expected to encounter so many enemies at sea. These widows didn't care how busy the Yun family's warship was, they just rushed forward. More than a hundred small boats rushed in front of them, all of them shooting towards the Yun family's warship like arrows off the string.
The full sail puffed up a big bag, and it was clear that it had pushed the speed to the extreme.
"Dai Ye's gang of guys don't want to die, why do you play this lifeless way." Jin Biao looked at Dai Yu suspiciously.
"Whatever they are, the three-bow bed crossbow is ready to shoot." With Dai Yu's order, the three-bow bed crossbow in the bow and stern of the ship was aimed at the small sailing ship in the sea almost simultaneously. But there are so many small sailboats that you hardly need to aim, because there are targets everywhere.
The little galleons quickly rushed to a distance of seven hundred paces, and the three-bow bed crossbow let out a whistling sound. A gunpowder crossbow made a graceful arc and burrowed into a wooden sailing ship.
After a loud "boom", the fishing boat, which was full of sawdust, was blown out of a large hole. Strangely, the ship did not sink but was in flames. Even the debris that had been blown away floated in the water and burned.
The fishing boats next to them didn't care about their own overboard, and still rushed towards Dai Yu's warship like arrows.
"Not good!" Dai Yu shouted. The fragments were still burning in the water, apparently soaked in oil. He didn't expect the Japanese to come up and use this tactic, which is a common tactic in the water battle in the south of the Yangtze River.
Fill a small boat with firewood and grass, and then take advantage of the wind to crash into the big boat. And those small boats are installed in the ram beforehand, as long as they hit the big boat. The nail will be wedged into the big boat, and if the boat is lit again, the big boat will be burned to ashes along with the boat.
At that time, Liu Bi, the king of Wu, had been crisscrossing the south of the Yangtze River for more than 40 years, and this trick had been used many times and received miraculous results. As soon as Dai Yu saw today's situation, he understood the intentions of the Japanese people. However, the Han people mostly use this trick in the rivers, and it is really difficult to use this trick in the vast sea. That's why the Japanese people use so many fishing boats at the same time.
But he just followed the dispatch in the Yangtze River and gathered all the ships first. They also lined up in a horizontal row, wanting to give full play to the advantages of the Yun family's bow and crossbow. It's stupid, it's really stupid.
"Quick, order to disperse." Dai Yu hurriedly shouted to the herald on the mast, and the herald heard Dai Yu in a hurry. He hurriedly began to wave the flag in his hand.
The Yun family's warships were inexplicable, and they didn't understand why they spread out such a formation was the most conducive to the Yun family's sharp bow and crossbow. However, since Dai Yu issued the order, he could only turn the bow of the ship one by one according to the order and scatter in all directions.
But with a short distance of 700 steps, how could they still have a chance to escape. Dai Yu watched the fishing boats get closer and closer, but the three-bow bed crossbow in the bow and stern of the boat only had time to shoot one round. The crossbowmen were squeaking and shaking the winch.
"Woo!!!!!!!!" The sound of the trumpet sounded on the sea, and the sound of the trumpet did not fade away. All the Japanese warships burst into flames. The sailors lit the ship's firewood and plunged into the water.
The Yun family's guards shot hard, and blood flowers scattered on the sea. Still, they couldn't stop the fishing boats from ramming into their warships.
"Bang" Dai Yu felt that the warship was shaking, and the fishing boat with fire had already collided. Immediately a heat wave rose from one side of the ship.
"Pour water to extinguish the fire, extinguish the fire quickly." Dai Yu shouted hoarsely, he knew that if the warship was ignited. Then his fate can only be to fall and feed the fish, and the Yun family's iron armor is heavy. Although this is good for hand-to-hand combat, once you fall into the water. It was the end of death and no life, and even if it was water-based, it was impossible to take off the iron armor in the water. Xiang Sanqiu was the best example of that year.
Dai Yu was so anxious that his eyes were red, and the guards were also red-eyed. Buckets of seawater were lifted up and poured down. But how could such a raging fire be extinguished by such a light one!
Seeing that the boat gang had been burned black, and then looking at the Yun family's warships, they were all entangled in these fire ships. There were one or two on the hulls of the less, and five or six fireships on the more. Some of the warships were already on fire, and from time to time there were terrible screams in the chaotic sea.
"Order the warships to collide with each other!" Dai Yu said with his eyebrows twisted. (To be continued......)