1319 Shuttle warship

The two climbed a low hill and sat on the ground hugging each other, enjoying this quiet time. Suddenly, both the Howling Tiger and the White Flame Ox became a little restless and roared into the distance.

Wang Baoyu immediately took out the telescope and looked at the sea, the sunset was about to disappear, and he couldn't see it very clearly, and after looking at it for ten minutes, he found that there were some shadowy black spots on the sea, and the direction of movement was the shore.

These things don't end up on the sea for no reason, are they fishing boats? But the number is not right, a few dozen fishing boats in a formation is already good, and the black spots look like thousands.

It's a warship! Wang Baoyu quickly figured it out and hurriedly said, "Yunyun, let's go quickly, Yelang's warship is here, and it may want to sneak attack." ”

Ma Yunlu was slightly stunned, took the binoculars and looked at them, nodded and said, "If we go back to gather the army, we will definitely catch them off guard." ”

The two of them hurried back to Xu Wencheng, and took advantage of the night to gather an army of 10,000 people, men and horses, and quietly came towards the east coast.

At the same time, in order to prevent this from happening on the west coast, another 10,000 troops were sent to the west to garrison them.

In less than two hours, Wang Baoyu's 10,000-strong army came to the east coast, lurked, and aimed guns and crossbows and fireball cannons at the seaside.

A thin crescent moon in the sky, the stars are shining, the sea breeze blows gently on the face at night, accompanied by the sound of the roaring sea, which makes people enter a dream in a trance, but here will usher in a bloody battle.

Looking through the binoculars, I saw that the black dots that had approached were all ships. But these can't be called real warships, the hull is fusiformal, very small, larger than ordinary fishing boats, barely able to fit a dozen people.

However, there were more than 1,000 of these shuttle-shaped warships, that is, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were transported.

The soldiers on the ship jumped down from above, thin but sturdy, wearing hats, shirtless, trousers, barefoot, bows and arrows, and sparkling daggers in their hands.

It can be determined that it is the Yelang soldiers who came to sneak attack, but Wang Baoyu doesn't quite understand, they are all short weapons, and there are no war horses, how to attack the city?

Don't think about it yet, as long as they come, then they have to fight!

The Yelang soldiers gradually came ashore, bowed their waists, and began to run towards the shore, Wang Baoyu watched quietly like this, until the soldiers at the front were less than a hundred meters from the shore, and he ordered the war drums to be beaten.

When the rumbling drum sounded, the Yelang soldiers were suddenly frightened, and they were stunned for a second, and then quickly retreated. The Yelang soldiers ran extremely fast, but they were still not faster than their weapons, and a huge rain of arrows enveloped them.

Screams came one after another, and the Yelang soldiers fell to the ground one after another, killing and wounding countless people, but they did not dare to stop and ran desperately towards the ship.

As the rumbling cannons rang out, more than a dozen fireball cannons were fired, separating the fleeing soldiers from the warships, and at the same time igniting a raging fire.

Everyone in the Yelang soldiers was terrified, and they reluctantly let out arrows to block, but to no avail. With Wang Baoyu's second order, the war horses and soldiers rushed out in unison and began to chase the Yelang soldiers who were running around.

At this time, the Yelang soldiers were vulnerable, 10,000 soldiers and horses, and in less than half an hour, they had already lost most of them, and in the end there were less than 3,000 people left, jumping on the shuttle-shaped warship and fleeing towards the sea frantically.

Wang Baoyu and Ma Yunlu's happy coast, at this moment, the blood and corpses everywhere, as well as the fire that has not burned out, have become purgatory on earth.

There were thousands of Yelang soldiers who had no choice but to surrender, and Wang Baoyu ordered them to be brought back, along with hundreds of pike warships. At the same time, he instructed Nguyen Xiongqi to lead a team of men and horses to throw all the corpses on the shore into the sea, and since they came from the sea, let them return to the embrace of the sea.

Leaving some men and horses to continue to guard, Wang Baoyu led the army back to Xuwen City. After Ruan Xiongqi waited for Wang Baoyu to leave, he concentrated the bodies of these Yelang soldiers and burned them, and then scattered the ashes into the sea, because the waves were rough, so many corpses would be washed back onto the shore.

There was no change on the western coast, and Yoro's sneak attack was obviously inexplicable. Wang Baoyu sent people to interrogate those Yelang soldiers who surrendered overnight, but the ordinary soldiers did not know the plan of this trip, anyway, it was explained by their superiors and implemented it conscientiously.

Among the captured soldiers, there was also a leading lieutenant general Yelang, who was dark and strong, with white teeth, but he refused to speak lightly, and he was stunned and would rather die than give in.

After Wang Baoyu learned about it, he sent someone to call the deputy general and interrogate him personally, and when he came up, he said coldly: "This king knows that you are a man, but unfortunately, I don't have much patience. I'll count to three, if you don't open your mouth again, there's no point in keeping you, you all quit and go to the place! ”

After speaking, Wang Baoyu lazily shouted, one!

Vice Admiral Yelang rolled his eyes unwillingly, but Wang Baoyu didn't look at him at all, and when he counted to two, he had already stood up, intending to leave.

Under the huge coercion, without waiting for Wang Baoyu to shout three, Deputy General Yelang hung his head in annoyance and said in a low voice: "Although the king asks, the little one must know everything and say everything." ”

Under the pressure, Vice Admiral Yelang couldn't resist it, and finally revealed the answer. In addition to the inherent warships, there are many small warships in the shape of this shuttle, which are used for fishing in peacetime and can be used to transport troops in wartime.

The Yelang soldiers made a big circle from the sea and chose to land from the eastern coast, and the real purpose was not to attack Xu Wenchengchi, but to make a detour to burn the warships in the Qiongyu Strait.

"The east bank is at least a hundred miles away from the south bank, and when you get to the south bank, the sky will be bright, and it will be very easy to be discovered, this is too stupid!" Wang Baoyu scoffed.

"The king doesn't know, we are not launching a sneak attack tonight, but tomorrow night."

"Oh! Where are you hiding during the day? Wang Baoyu asked in surprise.

"It has long been explored that there is a coconut grove in the southeast, which can be avoided." The lieutenant said honestly.

Wang Baoyu then remembered that he did see a large coconut grove in the afternoon, but the coconut trees were very tall and there were no leaves underneath, so it seemed that it was easy to find.

"Can you hide there?"

"Back to the king, the Yelang people are good at climbing trees, and we are intending to hide on the coconut trees, and then carry out a sneak attack when the night comes." The lieutenant said.

"You're amazing!" Wang Baoyu gave a thumbs up, this way of marching is really unheard of, if he were to deploy the troops, he would definitely not be so reluctant to seek the near and far, and he would come directly from the southeast.