Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 807 Falling short of success

"Quickly, protect the young master! We must not let the thief hurt the young master!"

Most of the captains of these ships were old friends of Cao Guogong. Seeing this situation, most of them made a decision. Instead of retreating, several ships directly broke away from the team and headed towards the fire ship.

A prerequisite for using fire attacks on the water is that enemy ships need to be crowded together... Only in this way can the fire spread continuously. If the ship formation is loose, the fire attack will be ineffective. After all, water and fire are incompatible, and it is impossible for flames to wade through the water and spread to other enemy ships on their own.

This is also the reason why Cao Cao was famous throughout his life, but he accidentally used fire attack tactics... Because he was Chen Zhouhai at the time, he never expected that the enemy would use fire attacks to sneak up on him.

Even if he really used fire to attack...if Pang Tong hadn't tricked him into chaining the warships, Cao's army wouldn't have suffered so much damage.

At this time, the Ming army's warships had no chain, so if they wanted to restrain the fire attack, they only needed a few ships to leave the main force and use up all these fire ships. There are naturally many loyal people in Cao Guogong's mansion, and there are also generous and heroic people in the Ming army. Several ships were forced to break off and immediately got into a melee with these fire ships.

In fact, the shipbuilding industry in Ming Dynasty has become quite developed after Zhu Su's efforts. Not only is the hull armor thick, but in order to prevent it from easily catching fire, some fire-resistant coatings have also been made and applied using secret methods.

If only one or two fireships collided, it might not be possible to set these battleships on fire, but at this time those iron ropes played a second role: every few boats connected by iron ropes were like being connected one by one. Like a chain hammer thrown out, as long as one of them hits, the other connected fire ships will be entangled in them like gangrene in the blink of an eye. When several fire ships hit, the broken ships behind them will be destroyed. The ship immediately burst into flames.

Seeing yet another warship burst into flames, the Ming generals on the ship had no choice but to jump into the sea and struggle in the sea to cry for help... Li Jinglong's eyes were splitting. He had never felt so annoyed and regretful about himself for a moment. Angry feeling.

At this moment, several large ships suddenly emerged from a harbor and rushed towards Li Jinglong's treasure ship flagship.

Another wave of fire ships arrived in a flash, and the Ming fleet was even more confused because of the sudden incident. For fear of setting fire to the ship, the distance between the ships of the Ming army was very large, and they looked like flaws from a distance.

"Hurry up and board the ship with me! As long as we capture the treasure ship used as the flagship of the Ming army, we will win this battle!"

After that, he hurried to the dock.

For those religious bandits, at this time, he wanted to eat their flesh and sleep on their skin...

On the other hand, seeing those small broken boats built day and night, they actually burned down two Ming army warships. Shopkeeper Fu on the shore was even more ecstatic. He quickly ordered to Fang Zuozi and other cronies beside him: " Hurry, release the other fire ships, and be sure to disrupt the Ming army’s deployment..."

This was Shopkeeper Fu's last act. Although he was from a rough background and didn't know much about naval warfare, he was cunning. Based on what he heard about the Battle of Chibi, he concocted this variant version of the chain fire attack timing, and then I have thought that it would be difficult to burn all these Ming army ships with fire ships alone.

Then, use the method of using troops on land: although it is difficult for fire ships to win, they can cause chaos in the Ming army... In this case, this winning blow will be carried out by myself!

To capture the thief and capture the king, as long as the Ming army's flagship is defeated, victory will be within easy reach.

The Ming army's flagship treasure ship was tall, but they were not without big ships: among the ships left by the Western Yi, there were several quite tall ones. Although it is still far inferior to the treasure ships of the Ming army, Xiyi once came to China on these ships, and also drove these ships to Fengmingzhou... Although it is far from enough to see in front of the treasure ships, it can still be regarded as barely enough. Enemy. Now Li Jinglong's flagship has been separated from the other ships... These ships, originally from the West, were fully loaded with sails, and with the fire ships clearing the way, they sailed straight down the wind at extremely fast speeds.

Li Jinglong naturally saw these menacing ships. He didn't have time to sigh that those red-haired barbarian ships were indeed in the hands of these bandits, so he hurriedly ordered: "Quick, fire again!"

"Sink them...and never let them come here!"

If you want to burn some ordinary warships, that's fine... But the treasure ship is the most powerful existence among the Ming navy, and it must not fall into the enemy's hands. What's more, there are many artillery pieces on board that are still Ming Dynasty's top secrets...

These religious bandits are extremely vicious and can't be compared to the Western Barbarians. If they climbed onto the deck...

Maybe they really are going to take the boat away!

The gunners on the side of the ship saw that the artillery had little effect on the small boat, so they all went to get bows and arrows to help shoot arrows at the fireship. Seeing these ships coming at this time, they were busy manning the cannons and reloading bombs. As a result, they were a little slower, and they only had time to fire a salvo.

This round of salvo successfully hit two ships. Sea water suddenly rumbled into the cabins of the two ships. It was only a matter of time before they sank into the sea.

But at this time, they were actually not far away from the treasure ship as the flagship. Before sinking into the sea, the two ships arrived near the treasure ship, along with two other intact ships. The collision angles of the four ships hit the treasure ship's hull one after another with "bang" and "bang". The rocking of the treasure ship made Li Jinglong almost fall to the deck.

Then, several flying claws were thrown up by the White Lotus Cult bandits and hooked on the edge of the treasure ship.

"The thieves are about to attack the ship!" Old steward Li Gui had already drawn his sword to protect Li Jinglong. "Big guy, hold on to these guys and knock all these thieves into the sea!"

While they were shouting, some bandits with knives in their teeth had already rushed onto the deck.

The Ming army would never lose to these thieves in close combat, and their weapons were sharp and they had firearms to help them fight. Under normal circumstances, these self-inflicted bandits would have no power to fight back. However, they were on the sea at this time, and the waves on the sea surface were turbulent. The bumps of the impact had not yet disappeared, and the Ming army with helmets and armor was somewhat unstable.

On the other hand, those bandits have been sailing on the sea for many years. When they jumped on the deck, their feet were like nails, and they were not afraid of the bumps and waves. Moreover, most of them were highly skilled in martial arts. When they jumped onto the deck, they were all dancing with swords in their hands. Soon, the deck was plunged into a melee.

"Young Master... let's go into the cabin for a while!" someone shouted, and the bandits kept climbing on the ship. There were also a lot of Ming troops on the treasure ship. For a while, they were not afraid that the treasure ship would be stolen by thieves.

But over there, there were still many thieves' ships bypassing the other Ming warships that were being restrained by the fire ships, and coming to support the treasure ship at extremely fast speeds.

(End of this chapter)