Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 405 The General of the Defeated Army
Yu Tongyuan quickly put the binoculars on his eyes, and looked in the direction pointed by the watchman, and sure enough, he saw a line of sail shadows on the northeast and northwest sides!

He knew that those were two fleets of considerable size.

"Beat the drums!" Marquis Nan'an immediately gave the order to prepare for battle, no matter if it's an enemy or a friend, get ready first!
The sound of war drums resounded across the sea.On each ship, the sailors who were still wantonly farting just now heard the sound, as if they were all changed, quickly put on their helmets and leather armor, stringed the bows and ballistas on the ship, took out the gunpowder barrel from the cabin, and gave the ship Bow loading shells.

At the same time, put down the barbed wire to prevent climbing, and prepare fireproof sandbags and hemp...

Everything is orderly and well-trained, and there is no trace of panic.They are the invincible Chaohu navy!
When the soldiers were ready to meet the enemy, the enemy ship had already approached one mile away.

"Xunwei has twelve large ships of two thousand materials and 36 fast boats, all of which are Canton boats." Liao Dingguo appeared neatly dressed and appeared beside the Marquis of Nan'an.Listening to the latter's solemn tone: "Kunwei has twelve large ships with two thousand materials and forty fast boats, all of which are lucky boats."

"What a big battle." Liao Dingguo gasped.These ten of them are all sea-going ships, not only smaller than others, but also very few of them. "How many people do they have?"

"It's when heroes from all walks of life join hands to let us know how powerful they are." Yu Tongyuan said in a deep voice, "And I saw that when they marched, the distance between the boats was kept perfect, and it was obviously not a mob."

"Well, it's right at first glance." Liao Dingguo nodded and said, "The two sides should be sailors who have formally trained, but I don't know if it is Fang Guozhen or Chen Youding's old subordinates."

"Looking at the scale, they might all come here." Yu Tongyuan said shyly, "A bitter battle is inevitable."

"Then come on, we haven't seen any scenes before." Liao Dingguo was still full of confidence at this time.

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As the two sides came within artillery range, the bow guns began to roar.

Those pirate ships were not only equipped with artillery.The Twelve Canton Ships were actually equipped with return guns - a small trebuchet.

The return guns projected egg-sized shotgun shells, twenty or thirty shells a round, wrapped in kraft paper.Launched into the air, the paper is broken and the stone is scattered, and it can attack a large area.Once it falls on the ship, it will cause great damage to the sails and personnel.

This makes it impossible for the city ship fleet to maintain a distance and take advantage of artillery as before.I had no choice but to bite the bullet and get close to the enemy ship—although the ship's side of the enemy ship was much higher than that of our own, at least it could avoid the attack of return artillery.

But Yu Tongyuan and Liao Dingguo did not expect that this fell into the hands of the bandit army.

On the tall bandit boat, bandit soldiers stretched their bows and arrows one after another, shooting flaming rockets at them!
"They're going to burn our sails!" Liao Dingguo saw those rockets shooting towards his own sails, and couldn't help but anxiously said: "Fuck it, get on it!"

"Their ship's side is so high, how can they jump to help?" Yu Tongyuan stopped him and said.

"I'm afraid of a ball, I just want to climb up with the hook rope, and it's not like I haven't climbed before!" Liao Dingguo roared with red eyes.

"Climbing hard, the loss is too heavy..." Yu Tongyuan disagreed.

"Then we can't lose, we haven't lost yet!" Liao Dingguo roared.

"No, our boat is too small to hit a rock with a pebble!" Yu Tongyuan and his father and brother have experienced countless naval battles since they were young, and they know too well how big an advantage a big boat has over a small boat.

"Ming Jin!" Then he made a decisive decision and gave the order to retreat.

Yes, he didn't intend to fight recklessly in the first place.But fleeing when you come up will give enough time and space for enemy ships in the distance to adjust their direction and intercept them.

Now the distance between the two sides is no more than a hundred steps, the bow of the ship is facing the bow of the ship, and the city ship fleet is at the top!

From the rhythm of the gongs, the ships heard the commander's order, and immediately raised their full sails, letting the ships rush up against the enemy ships!
Amid the exclamation and cursing of the pirates, the helmsman steered the helm carefully, steering the city ship and the enemy ship to pass by...

When the two sides cross each other, you can see each other's face clearly.

Naturally, they couldn't care less about admiring the other party's face, so they all desperately greeted the other party with their bows and crossbows.

The difference is that the sailors of the city ship fleet shot at the pirates themselves.But the target of the pirates is still the sails of the city fleet.

The sailboat is very cumbersome to maneuver, and it is impossible to accurately control the track. As a result, several city ships and pirate ships are too close...

Seeing that the two sides were so close, the pirates simply pulled out half-burned firewood from the brazier and threw it directly at the sails of those ships.

The sails, which were already on fire and smoking everywhere, completely burned

By the time the two sides disengaged, the masts on those ships had already been burned into torches.

The sailors desperately cut the cables and the flaming masts to prevent the entire ship from burning.

On those ships whose sails were not on fire, the sailors also drove at full speed, discarding all cargo, artillery, and spare sail cables without hesitation... Throwing everything that could be thrown into the sea to increase the speed of the ship as much as possible!
When the sailors had finished throwing away what they could, they looked back and saw that the four ships with their masts cut off had fallen behind.

The enemy ship is desperately turning around.

Those fast boats that are easy to turn around are about to complete their turn.

"Leave them alone, or none of them will be able to leave!" Yu Tongyuan once again vetoed Liao Dingguo's proposal to turn around and go back to pick up people, and resolutely gave the order to move forward at full speed.

They are all old members of the Chaohu Navy, so the orders are naturally prohibited. The soldiers can only look at the four boats with tears, getting farther and farther away from themselves, and getting closer and closer to the enemy ships, and finally surrounded by groups...

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"Those pirates didn't let us go, they chased after us, and they chased us all the way to the mouth of the Yangtze River..." At this point, Yu Tongyuan broke down in tears, knelt down and pleaded guilty: "It's all because of the big loss. Your Highness, please punish me severely for the crimes committed by me!"

As he spoke, he drew out the sword at his waist and raised his hands above his head. "This subordinate is willing to die in order to thank the brothers on the four boats, Mr. Wang, Tong Jiang..."

Zhu Zhen looked at the covered sword hilt, but still reached out to take the sword, and put it on Yu Tongyuan's shoulder.

But he looked past him, looked at the sailors standing on the bow and looked around, and asked loudly: "The Marquis of Nan'an wants to apologize with death, do you agree?!"

"I don't agree!" The sailors yelled: "Your Highness doesn't know something. The enemy ship is too big, and our ship is not good. If you fight hard, you will only be wiped out!"

"That's right, Your Highness. At that time, the four boats had lost their masts and couldn't get away. If we want to save people, we have to turn around and go back against the wind. Wouldn't that be death?" the soldiers shouted.

"Then, are you still willing to accept his command?" Zhu Zhen asked in a deep voice.

"Yes!" The soldiers replied in unison.

Only then did Zhu Zhen look down at Yu Tongyuan and said, "Did you hear that? You have failed one group of brothers, are you going to fail another group?"

(End of this chapter)