Chapter 541: Battle of the Lion City

"Ignition!"

"Boom~Boom~Boom~"

"Put!"

"Whoosh~Whoosh~Whoosh~"

Projectiles and bed crossbows were shot out, and the target was directly aimed at the thousands of small warships that covered the sea on the opposite side, and whenever they were hit, the warships were full of sawdust, and the soldiers on the ship were hit by these sawdust, and they were screaming again and again, and even some of them were unlucky, and they were directly shot by cannonballs or spear-like crossbow arrows, and the whole person was smashed into pieces, and even a whole corpse could not be found.

These small warships are naturally the naval forces assembled by Mora You and other countries, but under the blows of artillery and bed crossbows, they have sunk many warships, and the debris and floating corpses on the sea surface are everywhere, and there is a faint blood-red color in the seawater.

On the main battleship of the Pinghai, Lu Qing held a telescope in his hand, and while observing the changes in the enemy's fleet on the opposite side, he commanded very decisively: "Order the three warships of North Korea, Central South Korea, and South Korea to break into the enemy's fleet from the left side, and impact the opponent's formation, so as to make the opponent's fleet chaotic!" ”

"Whoa!" The herald next to him agreed, and immediately conveyed the order to the flag bearer on the top, and then conveyed the order to the three main warships through the flag, and the three North Korean ships that received the order also immediately puffed up their sails and accelerated forward, and rushed into the enemy formation in the blink of an eye, and then the ship's artillery and crossbow fired a salvo, clearing a large open sea around the side, and at the same time, the formation of the opponent's fleet was also disrupted.

However, there were too many small warships of the enemy, more than a thousand, and they had already received death orders before they came, and anyone who dared to retreat would be executed by the families of the crew, so even if a dozen warships had already been smashed to pieces. But none of the ships dared to take half a step back. As a result, the North Korean trio were soon surrounded by ships again, and they lost speed. It is extremely dangerous to rely only on weapons such as artillery and bed crossbows.

But at this moment. Lu Qing sent three main warships to respond, and as a result, with the addition of this group of new forces, they immediately killed the regrouped enemy fleet, and then teamed up with North Korea and other three warships to rush forward again, and soon cut the opponent's fleet in half, and the formation was even more chaotic.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Qing immediately ordered the whole army to advance and rushed into the enemy formation while taking advantage of the chaos, which resulted in the warships of Moluoyou and other countries being in chaos. Each warship fought on its own, and could no longer pose a threat to Lu Qing's main battleship, and finally under Lu Qing's strong ships and artillery, the fleets of Moluoyou and other countries were already on the verge of defeat.

"General Lu is indeed a famous admiral, and the method of naval battle command is really eye-opening!" At this moment, beside Lu Qing of the Pinghai, a young general with a face like a crown of jade suddenly stood up and said.

"Captain Li was born in a famous family, and he graduated from Chang'an Military Academy, I believe that as long as he is familiar with the methods of naval warfare. There's no limit to what you can achieve in the future! Lu Qing smiled at the young man in the captain's uniform.

This young lieutenant is Li Jingye, one of Li Su's fox friends in Chang'an, he and Cheng Huailiang and others were all studying in the military academy before, and they had graduated two years ago, but because of the outbreak of the war between the Tang Dynasty and Xue Yantuo. All of their graduating cadets were sent to the battlefield to experience the baptism of actual combat, but Li Jingye did not get out until a year ago. Then he came to Taiwan alone, and was naturally welcomed by Li Su.

In addition, in addition to Li Jingye. Cheng Huailiang, Li Siye, Qin Huaiyu and others have also made up their minds a long time ago. wanted to come to Taiwan to help Li Su, but they are still in the army in Mobei, and they can't get out at all, only Li Jingye took the path of his grandfather Li Ji, so he was the first to come to Taiwan.

Li Jingye is a very shrewd person, after understanding the structure of the army in Li Su's hands, he very decisively gave up the cavalry major he studied, but stayed in Taiwan's naval academy for more than half a year, and after laying a foundation for naval warfare for himself, he persuaded Li Su to let him send himself to serve in the navy, and has been learning the art of naval warfare with Lu Qing.

While Lu Qing and Li Jingye were talking, a very fast car and ship approached the Pinghai, and then a herald rushed on the ship to report: "General Qiyu, another fleet of the enemy army has left the port of Mora and is heading around the battlefield towards the Lion City behind us!" ”

"Hmph, I've been waiting for them for a long time, order the fleet in the harbor to get ready!" Lu Qing sneered.

The Lion City fleet has a total of twenty main warships, and now all of them are fighting with the other side here, although the formation of the opponent's fleet has been disrupted now, as long as there is no accident, the other party should have no possibility of turning the tables, but after all, the other party has more than a thousand warships, even if they are lined up to sink it, it will not be solved in a while.

And this is also the trick of Mo Luo You and other countries, they thought that Lu Qing didn't know how many ships they had, so they only sent more than a thousand warships to meet the enemy, and then waited until the two armies were stalemate, and Lu Qing couldn't get out, and the remaining warships carried a large number of army soldiers and bypassed the battlefield to sneak attack the Lion City. However, it is a pity that Wu Meiniang's intelligence system is inferior, and Lu Qing is also a resourceful person, how could he not see through the other party's plans.

As early as half a month ago, the fifteen capital warships stationed in Linyi had already disguised themselves as merchant ships and entered the port of the Lion City in batches, and now they were already waiting outside the port for the other party's sneak attack fleet. Although there were only fifteen capital warships, the sneak attack fleet was mainly composed of transport troops, and the ships were full of people, which would inevitably greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of the warships, so when they faced the heavily armed warships, it was a naked slaughter.

Li Jingye also knew that the Lion City side had already ambushed the fleet, so he was waiting for the other party to take the bait, and it was Zhou Long, the principal of the naval academy when he was studying in Taiwan, who led the fleet to fight.

Speaking of Zhou Long, he is a jack-of-all-trades talent in Li Su's hands, whether it is the army or the navy, as long as there is a need for people, he can be on top. Although this person looks vicious, he is an all-rounder, he can't compare to Tiger Power when he charges into battle, he can't compare to Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui when he commands the army, and he is not Lu Qing's opponent in the sea battle. But Zhou Long has the advantages of Zhou Long, for example, when it comes to military training, he can be said to be the first military trainer in Li Su's hands, and he is very good at studying land warfare and naval warfare.

It is also this characteristic of Zhou Long, he is mainly responsible for training soldiers in the army, two years ago Li Su followed the example of the Chang'an Military Academy, and also opened a military school in Taiwan, divided into two branches of the Navy and the Army, and Zhou Long concurrently served as the principal of the two branches, this position for him, the most suitable, but this time in order to completely control Malacca, Li Su let Zhou Long go into battle again.

In fact, there is no way to do this, because now the navy is in a period of extreme shortage of talents, the older generation is only available to Lu Qing and Zhou Long and others, although the younger generation has Zhu Chong and others, but the number is very small, so the number of talents that can be used in the navy is extremely limited, but when the cadets in the naval school graduate, I believe that this situation will change.

Li Jingye stood behind Lu Qing, carefully observing the various tactics in the naval battle, and when he encountered something incomprehensible, he would ask Lu Qing, and Lu Qing would also answer carefully, although Li Jingye was only a lieutenant under him, but Lu Qing knew that with the friendship between the other party and His Royal Highness the King of Qi, as well as the talent of this young man, he would definitely be reused in the future.

Lu Qing used strong ships and cannons to deal with these small warships of Moluo You and other countries, it was like a strong man bullying a bunch of babies, not to mention that these small warships were still mainly engaged in broadside battles, but the battleships in Lu Qing's hands were against the enemy with artillery and bed crossbows, and there would be no chance for the other party to get close at all, so there was almost no suspense in this naval battle.

The naval battle lasted until the next thousand, and more than half of the 1,000 warships of the Moluo You and other countries were lost, and the remaining sailors finally chose to retreat under this blow, and Lu Qing could have achieved greater results if he pursued, but he did not do so, but instead ordered the fleet to return.

This is not that Lu Qing is benevolent, but that he has received Zhou Long's battle report before, and the fleet that attacked the Lion City has already fought with them, although their warships have the absolute upper hand, but it is impossible to annihilate the other party, so Lu Qing chose to attack Zhou Long before and after, and wiped out the sneak attack fleet.

The reason why Lu Qing wants to wipe out the sneak attack fleet is mainly to follow the strategy formulated before, because the main purpose of this battle is to eliminate the living forces of Mo Luo You and other countries, and lay the foundation for the future occupation of Mo Luo You and other countries, and compared to the fleet that has been disabled by them, the sneak attack fleet in the rear carries a large number of soldiers, as long as they are all wiped out in the Lion City, the vitality of Mo Luo You and other countries will be greatly damaged, and there will be no strength to resist.

When Lu Qing returned to the port of Lion City with the fleet, he happened to encounter the sneak attack fleet that was preparing to retreat, and as a result, he and Zhou Long attacked back and forth, eliminating most of these sneak attack fleets, and the rest also chose to surrender, only a few ships were lucky enough to escape the interception of Lu Qing's fleet, but when they brought back the news of the destruction of the sneak attack fleet, the alliance led by Mo Luo You all felt a kind of complete fear, the entire alliance was self-defeating, and no force dared to provoke the Lion City.

The battle in the outer harbor of the Lion City completely established Li Su's supremacy in Malacca, and Li Su also set up a customs office in the Lion City to collect taxes from ships coming and going, and after the ships paid the taxes, they could hang a merchant flag issued by the Qi Palace, with this merchant flag, their ships could travel between Malacca and the Datang coast, and no one would dare to embarrass them.

However, just when Li Su had just received the results of the Battle of the Lion City and was about to gather troops to completely occupy Moluo You and other countries, there was another news from the Tang Dynasty. The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong. (To be continued......)