Two hundred steps, between the two fleets, the ballista fired in unison, the stone bullets and the eight-bull crossbow flew in the air, the stone bullets fell on the ship, if it hit the deck or embedded in the hull, it would be better, I am afraid that after these stone bullets fell on the ship, they would roll around, once they were stained, it would be the end of broken tendons, and the unique screams of the eight-bull crossbow even overshadowed the shouts of both sides, and if they were touched by this thing, then don't expect to survive. The ballista soldiers braved the onslaught of the enemy, constantly returning fire, while the rest of the soldiers hid in the dead corners or leaned against the walls of the ship, shields raised, evading the shots.

After entering the hundred steps, the soldiers on both sides have stood up from the building boat, stretched their bows and arrows, shot at each other, to this distance, the stone cannon has completely lost its effect, only the eight-bull crossbow can still shoot flat, at this distance, the long-range attack Fuzhou sailor can take a big advantage, their ships are equipped with the latest eight-bull crossbow, a launch is four, and the Bozhou one needs many people to fight, and only one long crossbow can be fired at a time is much stronger. All of a sudden, the sky was full of long crossbows shot by the Fuzhou Sailors, snatching this sound, shooting the big ships of the Bozhou Sailors out of holes the size of bowls, and occasionally sailors were directly hit, with a string of blood and water were shot straight from the boat, either falling into the water or being nailed to the wall of the ship.

"Accelerate, accelerate!" Zhongli didn't expect the opponent's weapons to be so powerful, at this distance, his own soldiers shot one arrow, and the other party could shoot two or three arrows, especially the Eight Bull Crossbow, his own side simply had no power to fight back, so he could only bully closely, relying on the large number of people in his own boat to win.

Eighty paces, the soldiers who were ready to fight on the side of the board drew their swords, tightened their shields, and clinged to the boat gang, waiting for the moment when the two ships met and jumped onto the other ship.

Seventy steps, Zhongli stared at the other party's flagship, in an instant, his face changed greatly, under his gaze, the hull of the other party's big ship on both sides suddenly opened a small window, from those small windows, stretched out a large oar, the big oars into the water, just a force, the other party's huge hull was greatly folded out of an angle, with the change of direction of the Black Hawk, followed by his other two three thousand warships also turned at the same time, the other party's change of direction came so suddenly, Zhongli did not expect that at this distance, there was still room for powerAt a moment's loss, the two sides had changed positions, and at this time, the Black Hawk had already grabbed the upper wind from the side, turned its course, and swooped down from the upwind.

At this time, before Zhongli's flagship had time to turn around, the Black Hawk's high iron-clad bow slammed into his side, and the ship shook violently, and one side of the ship's belly was high above the water, and the soldiers who were caught off guard were either thrown up high, or became a rolling gourd, and rolled to the other side, and the ship's heavy facilities such as eight-ox crossbows and stone cannons all rolled to one side for a while, and the collision was sparse.

"Kill!" The shouts of killing suddenly sounded, and Zhongli's ship had just fallen back into the water, and the rain of arrows on the Black Hawk on the opposite side had already hit, and the exposed soldiers were immediately shot mercilessly.

With a crisp sound, one by one the clay pots were thrown onto the boat, smashed to pieces, and the smell of grease came, "Prepare to extinguish the fire!" As soon as Zhongli stabilized his figure, he saw this scene and immediately ordered loudly that the ship was equipped with sandbags to prevent the opponent's fire attack. Sure enough, rockets were shot and nailed to the broken and grease-filled deck, and the fire was immediately ignited.

Zheng Zhiqiang stood on the top of the fortress on the shore, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth but couldn't help at all, at this time, the warring sides were more than ten miles away from the edge of the defense case, and all the facilities on the shore could not help, Zheng Liqiang only jumped on his feet and howled and cheered.

From the beginning of the big upside, to the gradual reversal of the disadvantage by the other party, although Zheng Liqiang did not know how to command the fleet to fight, but also saw that the officer who commanded the Bozhou Naval Division was indeed not a mediocre hand, after encountering a sudden attack by the Fuzhou Naval Division using the advanced of the ship, he still relied on the number of people on the ship to pull back the disadvantage little by little. At this moment, the two sides have been in a stalemate situation, Zheng Liqiang jumped on the fortress and sighed, wishing that he would kill all sides on the ship at this time, but unfortunately, he still has another important task, and he can only do it in a hurry at this time.

Zhongli was very anxious, although he regained the disadvantage, but he couldn't see any hope of winning, the opponent's soldiers were extremely powerful, completely beyond his expectations, he had many people on board, but he couldn't take advantage of it at all, watching his subordinates scream and fall one by one, Zhongli couldn't help but hesitate.

My father's army was about to arrive, and it was necessary for him to suffer such heavy casualties to achieve a crushing victory, and the commander of the opposing side was trying his best to force himself to the near sea, and once he approached the island, he would be unlucky. After fighting for a long time, Zhongli also learned that the commander of the other party was also a good hand, and what worried Zhongli even more was that unlike the sailors of his own fleet who fought separately in the broadside battle, the other party was actually attacking and defending in an organized manner, which he could see clearly when he stood on the roof of the building. This is also the reason why although the other party has few people, they can't take advantage of the slightest, and the other party can always quickly form a situation of fighting more and less in a certain place.

To temporarily withdraw from the battle, you only need to entangle them, or watch them, and when my father's army arrives, it will be easy to destroy them. Zhongli withdrew from the heart of the battle, and immediately became unstoppable, and a series of benefits of getting out of the battle appeared in his mind.

Yuan Gang actually worked extremely hard at this time, the other party must have a lot of people on board, and fortunately, his current gang of subordinates are all officers and soldiers of the Fuzhou Naval Division, if it was his previous gang of subordinates, such a hard battle would have collapsed long ago, and the pirates were extremely brave in a good fight, and once they fell into a bitter battle, the fighting spirit was dissipated very quickly. At this time, Yuan Gang finally understood why these officers and soldiers from the Fuzhou Navy Division paid so much attention to password and queue training when they were training on land in peacetime, because this kind of training developed the conditioned reflex of these soldiers to obey the orders of their commanders and maintain the formation of the queue.

Zhongli took the initiative to break away from the battle, Yuan Gang was greatly relieved, but he still had to put on a posture of pursuit, the two sides fell one by one at this time, Zhong Li retreated, Yuan Gang chased, but the speed of Yuan Gang's chase was also a little slower, and after watching the other party get out of the attack range, Yuan Gang ordered to anchor underground, began to check the loss of ships and treat the wounded, and the boats shuttled back and forth, transporting the wounded to Lianshan Island, the island has already built a complete medical system, to minimize the mortality of the wounded.

Zhongli, who was out of the attack range of Yuan Gang, saw that the other party was anchored and stationed, he also stopped, watching the other party from a distance, once the other party chased, he would retreat, if the other party did not chase, he would be stationed here and entangle the other party. Until the large army came to help, but the wailing of the wounded on the ship made him upset, just a battle was not long, but the loss was a lot, there were only some simple wounded medicine on the ship, but there was nothing to be done for some seriously wounded.

"Give those seriously injured a hard time!" Zhongli ruthlessly gave the order, and the fact that these incurable wounded remained on the ship would be a heavy blow to the morale of the other soldiers.

Following his order, the seriously wounded were directly wiped on their necks one by one, and still entered the sea.

When night fell, Zhongli released several vigilant ships to continue to monitor several miles away from the fleet, in case the other party attacked at night, although the battle at sea, the possibility of night battle is not big, but Zhongli is cautious, it turns out that the Fuzhou Navy Division is really a very strong force, against such an opponent, how careful it is not too much.

The night passed peacefully, and the two sides of the battle proved their existence in an extremely strange gesture, and it was not until the third pole that the Black Hawk opposite Zhongli began to pull anchor, as if it was about to launch a new attack. Zhongli immediately ordered the fleet to prepare to retreat again, and when the Black Hawk began to sail this way, Zhongli heard the cheers of the sailors on his ship, and his heart jumped and he turned around, and in the distance, a large number of Bozhou sailors had appeared in the field of vision. The main force of the Bozhou Naval Division led by Zhong Xiang has arrived.

There was a burst of ecstasy in Zhong Xuan, and the event was harmonious.

The Black Hawk stopped, hesitated for a moment, and then began to retreat, Zhongli immediately ordered to pursue, as if aware of the fact that his own ships were not enough to stuff the other party's seams, the Black Hawk made a series of flags towards Lianshan Island, and then turned its course and began to retreat into the depths of the Black Water Ocean.

Boarding his father Zhong Xiang's 5,000-material battleship, Zhong Li immediately reported to his father about the battle of this day and night, at this time Zhong Xiang was also shocked by the huge naval base on Lianshan Island, such a large base, that is, the entire fleet of the Bozhou naval division can be stationed, and the other party built such a base, the purpose is self-evident.

"Li'er, you lead a 5,000-material ship, five 3,000-material ships, and ten thousand-material warships, and chase down the fleeing fleet for me, and annihilate them on the Black Water Ocean." Zhong Xiang said.

"Yes!" Zhongli said excitedly, with absolute strength, he was like a little ant, and he could destroy it, "Father, are you going to attack this island?" ”

Zhong Xiang nodded, "This island must be taken down, occupy him, we will have a great advantage in the next battle with the Fuzhou Naval Division, looking at the scale of this base, I am afraid that the other side will have a lot of soldiers stationed there, but my main force this time is out, there are nearly 20,000 sailors alone, take him, it is not a problem!" ”

The father and son immediately divided their forces, Zhong Li led the fleet to chase the distant Black Hawk, while Zhong Xiang led the remaining main force to begin to approach Lianshan Island, the island was lit with beacon fires, and groups of soldiers began to mobilize intensively on the island.

Zhong Xiang sneered: "It's like a lion fighting a rabbit, I will fight you with absolute strength, what is the use of your fortress no matter how strong it is?" The base was built really well, but after today, his surname is Zhong. ”

(To be continued)