"How about casualties" In the dark night, Liu Qingqing appeared beside Deng Chao, staring at the flickering riverbank with his eyes, and asked with some concern.
"It's good in the daytime, the Dayue people won't come up easily to send them to death, but the cold arrows on the shore seem to be becoming more and more frequent, they don't send warships to deal with it, do you think that relying on these dirty methods, you can convince us?"
Deng Chao's eyes were bloodshot, his eyebrows were tired, he hadn't slept for more than thirty hours in a row, even if he was beaten with iron, he couldn't hold it anymore, and the vicious battle during the day had exhausted the last trace of his physical strength, and now he felt that he could fall asleep while standing.
"There won't be any more cold arrows at night, how many Kong Ming lanterns do we have?"
"It's hard to say" Deng Chao shook his head: "The more night, the more precautionary this arrow is, if the rocket is more eye-catching, but I have ordered the soldiers except the lookout, try not to appear on the deck, I think the loss will be less" Deng Chao replied: "My lord, I will sleep for two hours, two hours is fine, knowing the power of our artillery, like last night's behavior, the Dayue people probably will not try it easily, just prevent them from killing and injuring our soldiers" Liu Qingqing nodded: "You can rest assured, there is really a situation, I will send someone to wake you up immediately" On the deck of the Dongfan fleet, all the figures walking around slowly disappeared, occasionally one or several cold arrows fell from the sky, falling on the deck, but it was difficult to shoot a living person at all, in the second cabin, the soldiers were resting quickly, almost no noise in the cabin, in the third floor, there was the gun cabin, a gun that had been loaded, placed there, at the lookout of the gun bay, at any time, there were one or several pairs of vigilant eyes watching the movement outside the ship.
Liu Qingqing stood in the shipbuilding, with guards on the left and right holding out their shields, resisting the cold arrows that fell from time to time for him, and his eyes had not been removed from the river bank since Deng Chao entered the cabin.
"If I am the commander of the Dayue people on the riverbank, what should I do in the face of such a fleet that seems to be covered with thorns but is surrounded by myself?"
Liu Qingqing's mind kept flashing such thoughts, putting himself in the shoes of the commander of the other side of the city.
"Rockets, it has proven to be useless, cold arrows, maybe a little useful, but it will definitely not become the key to determining the outcome of this battle, and the most likely to succeed, using the naval division's warship as a troop carrier, sending people to the enemy's warship in the heart of the river to kill people and seize the ship, it seems to be the most useful and most likely to succeed method, but also wiped out in the gunwales of the fleet, in the river, the corpses floating in the river at this moment, is the best explanation, the Dayue people will not be the elite of the boat, I sent it up like cannon fodder again.
"It's not okay to destroy ships from a distance, and the losses from close attacks are even heavier, it seems that the only way left is to besiege it, but the supply of my Dongfan fleet is outrageously abundant, with the idea of besieging us to death and starving to death, I'm afraid it won't work, the food of the fleet can ensure the consumption of the entire fleet for half a month, Lin Wushuang's Qingfeng Battalion, even if it is a turtle, fifteen heads of time, it is enough for them to climb to our position" He cleared his thoughts and calmed down a little, it seems that no matter how it looks, the fleet is in an invincible position, as long as the fleet does not die by itself, then the situation of stalemate and confrontation should be stabilized, well, Deng Chao Qianhu can probably sleep peacefully until dawn.
The sound on the other side of the river bank is still faintly transmitted along the river breeze, which seems to be mixed with the trumpets of the enemy troops, which can be heard very clearly on the ship's floor, no matter what the enemy troops on the shore are doing, Liu Qingqing can conclude that there is no way out of such movement, it is definitely not a small movement, and the things that need to be transported by the soldiers shouting the trumpet may be a new and huge threat to the fleet.
On the shore, Ruan Tian looked at his soldiers, set up those simple wooden shelves, and then stones of various sizes were quickly sent to the side of these wooden shelves, these stones, the small ones were only the size of a human head, but the large ones were as long as half a person's body, and they were stacked next to these wooden shelves, and soon became piles of stones.
"We made it overnight, and by the time dawn came, how much could we make" Ruan Tian's side, a thin figure, silent, seemed to be considering how Ruan Tian's question would be answered.
"Ruan Wen, but it's okay to say, don't worry" "If the prince's subordinate craftsmen have not stopped, probably at dawn, our catapults can be made into about fifty pieces, but God really knows how long these catapults can be used in a hurry1" Ruan Tian calculated silently, and was a little angry: "There are thousands of craftsmen in the army, and overnight, they can only produce fifty, which is not a big number, right?"
"It's not" Ruan Wen said to Ruan Tian carefully: "There are still some catapults in the army, but the main thing is to rely on this newly made, and attack at the same time, so that greater results can be achieved, however, the craftsmen in the army are not prepared to suddenly make a large number of catapults, and the applications carried by this are really not enough, and the fifty I said have been counted as much as possible The indispensable applications of these catapults have been wasted very little: Ruan Tian nodded, indicating that he heard clearly, His eyes looked towards Jiang Xin, if it was daytime at this time, the eyes of a person standing on the tower of a certain warship in Jiang Xin's eyes and staring at this side would have intersected with Ruan Tian's eyes without any suspense on this vast river, and soon, a fierce spark collided.
"The attack of the dawn made the craftsmen hurry up the work, the passive slacking off, the hesitant, wasting materials, and killing on the spot, before dawn, I did not see fifty catapults, all the craftsmen were executed, send someone to the craftsman to announce my order" More than 30 miles away from here, on the river, a huge fleet of ships, is slowly approaching here, after the departure of the Dongfan Naval Division, a Zheng Dynasty army of thousands of people, I don't know where to drill out, appeared on the river bank, and then, as if the naval division echoed each other from afar, on the shore with the speed of the naval division's advance, unhurried to follow the fleet, and their sentinels were far farther than the sentinel boats released by the naval division themselves.
The news that the destination was not far ahead also came from the soldiers and horses of the Zheng Dynasty on land, and after receiving this news, the fleet almost stopped advancing without hesitation, and then sent its own sentinel ships.
Two hours later, the news detected by the sentinel came back again, and the news that the battlefield was ahead was beyond doubt.
The entire Zheng Dynasty Navy Division became more and more vigilant, and the warships successively made preparations before the war, and the Zheng Dynasty Navy Division came almost 30 warships this time, almost seven or eight tenths of the strength of the entire Navy Division, no matter how bold the third prince of Zheng was and how strong his gambling spirit was, he did not dare to use such strength to try what the price of recklessness would be.
"The sentinel boat can't pass there, there is the warship of the Zheng Dynasty sailor, no matter how far you look, you can vaguely see the middle of the river on the river, not far from the middle of the river, there are many masts, it should be the destination of our trip, the battlefield where the two sailors are fighting."
The return of the sentinel ship made Prince Zheng San groan for a moment, and immediately made a decision: "Let the soldiers and horses of the dragon on the shore arch forward to see if they can get past the blockade of the Ruan Dynasty Sailor Division, get in touch with the Dongfan fleet, and tell them that we have come and what they need us to do."
The order of the third prince of Zheng was passed down, and it was quickly executed, hundreds of men and horses broke away from the soldiers and horses that had been following the Zheng Dynasty's sailors, and left in the dark.
"My lord, the fleet behind has sent a few people" Liu Qingqing had just finished inspecting his lineup when he heard the report from the soldiers around him.
"What kind of person" Liu Qingqing asked casually disappreciatively, in his heart, this kind of sending a few people over behind is purely an act of inviting merit, perhaps, this is the water ghosts on the Cangshan boat in the inner circle, and caught a few Dayue water ghosts with skills to bring you tide, and this kind of person, there is no special captive boat left for them at the moment, if it is troublesome, directly ask after understanding the deployment of the ministry on the shore, and kill it with a knife.
Sure enough, the Dayue people were guarded by a few soldiers, got off a small boat, and climbed onto the side of the Fu boat where Liu Qingqing was located, and those people were obviously a little confused.
"This is our patrol lord" It was someone in the back of the fleet, who introduced to these Da Yue: "You said that you wanted to see us for inspection, and now you have seen it, what is the important matter, you can say it now, if you dare to deceive us, hmph, as long as the inspector gives the order, you can be killed now" "I've seen the inspection lord" Several Dayue people, one leader, bowed his hand to Liu Qingqing, and the official words of the Ming Dynasty in his mouth were very smooth, and the ships sent to the Ming Dynasty as envoys must have been selected in advance, and there will definitely be no oolongs such as chickens and ducks.
"Captain of the Da Zheng Ruiyong Battalion, I have seen my lord, in the name of my Sailor Sect, I have come to tell your army, I have more than 30 warships of the Da Zheng Sailor Division, more than 8,000 soldiers of the Ruiyong Battalion, and the starry night has arrived here. : Identity confirmation, the origin of the reinforcements, why there are such reinforcements, these questions, under Liu Qingqing's doubts, were quickly confirmed one by one, which made Liu Qingqing and these loyal guards around Liu Qingqing all show happy looks on their faces, and it is a great thing that the reinforcements have arrived "On the river two miles away from here, the Ruan Dynasty people have sunk some ships, it is estimated that there are still soldiers and horses of the Ruan Dynasty there at this moment, at the moment we can still protect ourselves, if the reinforcements can clear the obstacles there, our warships will go, relying on the Ruan Dynasty monkey soldiers on the shore who will only throw cold arrows at us, but we can't stop us, you just tell your commander, after the matter is completed, you come and inform me again, my fleet will return in that direction" By the time the news reached the ears of Prince Zheng San again, almost half of the night had passed, and Zheng San had no hesitation, and immediately ordered the fleet to set off and rush to the heart of the river that was said to have blocked the retreat of the Eastern fleet.
Their arrival was not yet known.
When the sky was just hazy, Zheng San rushed to the location, those jagged masts on the river, and several piles of river stones that were inexplicably exposed to the water, proved that he was not looking for the wrong place, this is where the Dongfan fleet approached, where the Ruan Chao sailor cut off the other party's back road, there are these shipwrecks in the heart of the river, not to mention that the Dongfan sailor on the opposite side can't come, they are the big Zheng sailor, and it is absolutely impossible to pass.
Fortunately, Prince Zheng San didn't plan to go over at the beginning, his goal was only the two warships of the Ruan Dynasty Navy Division that seemed to be asleep on the bank of the river.
The battle was almost over at the beginning, and the enemies on the two Ruan Dynasty warships, before they had completely woken up from last night's sleep, found themselves already in front of them a dense crowd of enemies, the disparity in number was enough to make them desperate, and the momentum of "as long as they made a rash move, they would immediately be crushed by this kind of warship surrounding them", they also felt it very clearly, so they surrendered almost without the slightest hesitation.
The soldiers of the Ruan Dynasty stationed on the shore were still clamoring and surprised, and the two captured warships of the Ruan Dynasty Naval Division had already sailed towards the center of the river under the support of a large circle of warships, and at the same time, on the opposite bank, many soldiers of the Zheng Dynasty also appeared on the bank of the river, and a large number of sampans began to appear in the Zheng Dynasty Naval Division, and the soldiers who had been waiting on the shore for a long time were picked up on the boat and came towards the center of the river, and these soldiers would take turns to clear the obstacles in the heart of the river.
And the two captured Ruan Dynasty warships were also used as barrier-breaking ships at the moment, and the soldiers on the ships were driven into the water like ducks to do the most dangerous guys, unless someone could hold their breath and swim a few hundred meters under the water, otherwise, they would still honestly work under the watchful eyes of these warships, at least, they would not die so quickly.
"I just need one word, quickly, the sailor won't stay here for too long, the people of the Ruan Dynasty will soon hear the news and rush over, before that, I want you to clear the obstacles in the middle of the river, and you can clear as wide as you can" Prince Zheng San gave an order: "Let people go and inform the Dongfan fleet two miles away, they can retreat towards this side" aa2705221 t1706231537: