Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 290 Liu Menglong's Sweet Dream and... When Waking Up

"Fire arrows!"

There were still more than a hundred or ten steps away, and the warships of the Song Army issued the order first.Immediately, one after another of the thick crossbow arrows shot directly at the Chijiao boat, Ruan Xiaoqi heard a series of sounds of gold and iron clashing, the cracking of the wooden hull, and the screams of the sailors.

The teng bamboo around the guardrail of the rudder tower was destroyed a lot.

The Chijiao boat that took the lead continued to move forward. For an eight-foot-long warship, the crossbow arrows could not kill it.What's more, there are three layers of rattan bamboo like fish scales on the outer periphery of the Chijiao boat, just like the rattan bamboo on the rudder tower.This is the idea that Lu Qian came up with. He made a protective belt with processed rattan and moso bamboo. He felt that it would be safer to hang a circle around the warship, just like the small ships of later generations always have a circle of tires around the periphery. Same.

Not only can it withstand bed crossbows and stone throws, but it can also withstand impacts. As for fire protection, it is good to just cover it with a layer of rawhide.Is it a big deal to apply a layer of mud before the battle?

The distance between the two sides is rapidly shortening.A cloud of fire hit the Chijiao boat that was leading the way, and a large number of rockets drew a flame in the sky above the water and fell.

Only the sound of "cracking" was heard, most of the arrows were intercepted by the arrow shielding iron plate, a few arrows fell on people, but there were only a few screams, there were more than a dozen people hit by arrows, but most of them passed through the arrows. Some have armor, whether it is leather armor, rattan armor or paper armor.

Ruan Xiaoqi was always standing on the bow of the ship, and he didn't even turn his head to look at the screams.Just like the crossbow arrows just struck.

It wasn't until the battleships drew closer to each other to a distance of more than ten feet that Ruan Xiaoqi let out a loud cry, and then one after another of thick crossbow arrows shot out from the battleship of Liang Shanshui Division.The target shoots directly at the opponent's bed crossbow, but there are only a few people who have achieved success.The quality of the warships of the Song Army is not bad, and the solid defense is much stronger than the integrity of literati and officials.When the warships intersected, there was no need for Ruan Xiaoqi to give orders. The warships of the two armies fired a salvo of rockets.

All of a sudden it was full of flames.Rockets can naturally burn enemy warships, but in today's weather with only breeze blowing, it is really ridiculous to expect rockets to burn enemy ships.

But the fight with each other did not reach the last moment, and no one would use desperate tricks such as jumping gang battles.

The twenty warships of the front battalion passed through the weak interception between the warships of the Jinling Navy of the Song Army, and then rushed towards the Jinling Navy without looking back.

This kind of indomitable momentum made Liu Menglong on the Jinling Navy's boat change suddenly.

Husband and courage also.War is all about momentum, especially water battles.Immediately order the two fleets to go up and stalk them, and must stop the warships of the bandit army.

During the fierce battle between the two sides, the ships of Ruan Xiaoqi and Zhang Shun caught fire one after another, and the flames rose.

Ruan Xiaoqi stood at the bow of the ship. Although arrows and crossbows were flying around him, he remained unmoved. He just asked his soldiers to put out the fire. He also ordered the sailors below to continue paddling forward, and asked the bombardiers to fight back hard, heading straight into the depths of the Jinling Navy. , the killing caused fire and water to boil, and the blue waves were stained with blood.

The Jinling Navy has more troops than the Liang Shanshui Division, and the number of warships is also larger than the Liang Shanshui Division. In terms of strength, it is more than one step better than the Liang Shanshui Army.

But Liang Shanbo has won many battles and victories in recent years. Even though it is an infantry army, he is also proud of himself as a naval division.And this is the first battle of the navy in years. You have to know how many people have been looking forward to this battle for how long.

The interior of the Liangshan Army is very calm, without any major disputes, unlike the "vigorous" that the little devils, the navy and the army did in World War II.But it is nonsense to say that there is no dispute or ridicule between the navy and the infantry.

In the past, the entire naval division had to be ridiculed by the infantry and cavalry of the Lu division, or run on in good faith.Although he knew it was a joke, it also caused many soldiers in the navy to hold their breath secretly.In the current battle, they are called to dare to fight, fight to the death, and fight with joy.

Not to mention the significance of this battle, the Secretary of Xuanzheng has already preached it many times, telling Liang Shanjun to be united.

One ship has many soldiers, and one soldier dares to fight.When Ruan Xiaoer saw that Ruan Xiaoqi's front battalion had shaken the main force of the Jinling Navy, he immediately led the battleship with Ruan Xiaowu, Li Jun and others, and rushed straight to kill them.The two armies have their own strengths, and they are fighting desperately.

The Liangshan army dared to fight and fought happily, and Liu Menglong here is not free.

Liu Menglong is not ordinary to be the commander of the navy of Jiankang Prefecture in Jinling, Jiangnan.Not to mention the visions he had when he was born, most of them were false.Just seeing his meritorious deeds in beating thieves in Xichuan Xiajiang can make people look up to him.

That Xiajiang is not Jiangxi Xiajiang County, but refers to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River above Kuizhou.In the era of the Northern Song Dynasty, who would dare to say that an officer who could defeat bandits in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River was not a capable general?

It's just that compared to the million-dollar army of the old Zhao family, the ceiling of this navy is really lower.Liu Menglong has reached the ceiling in his current position.If he had made great contributions, he would have been like this in his life.

Liu Menglong has not reached the time to serve the old.In the past, he was helpless and dormant, but now he clearly sees the opportunity. If he doesn't fight for it with all his strength, he is not Liu Menglong.

——As long as Liang Shanbo is overthrown, he can also be a land and water soldier in a mansion.

However, the ancient Chinese army, whether it can fight, dare to fight, and whether it can withstand war depends mostly on the generals of this army.If Liu Guangshi was an escaped general, the Yue family army at the Great Wall of China would also be brought into Rufeng's scud by him.And Liu Menglong has been trained in Xichuan Xiajiang, his character can be called perseverance, and he is even more tenacious in battle.

In the original book, he was tricked by Liang Shanbo, who suffered from unfamiliarity with geography, and also suffered from Gongsun Sheng's spells.Of course, he himself is ultimately responsible.But what about now?The Liangshan army took the initiative to kill, and the two armies were confronting each other head-on.

This just shows the strengths of the officers and sailors.

From the [-]:[-] o'clock in the morning to the [-]:[-] Shen o'clock in the afternoon, the shouts of killing were loud, and the screams of pain rippling on the water.In the waters outside Shigou Town, as far as the eye can see, there are dead bodies of wrecked ships floating and unsinking everywhere, and the water for several kilometers is dyed red.

As the battle progressed, the Liangshan army with arson bombs still had the upper hand.

Because each other's warships are mostly small, there are very few poles, and there are some bed crossbows, but their firing rate is too slow.In a word, both sides lack the sharp means to effectively kill each other's warships.

In this case, compared with the Jinling Navy, which already used rockets, cupping, impact and gang warfare as methods, the Liangshan Army has no difference in types, but in essence there are more arson bombs with stronger arson capabilities. Such is an extra ant nest on the Qianli embankment.It was inconspicuous at first, but as time went by, it became effective.

Not to mention that Liang Shanshui Division's warship had already prepared sand and thin mud.Specifically used to deal with fire cans.It cannot be said that the power of the cupping pots and rockets will be completely lost in this way. It is just that this increase and decrease will add up. However, many warships were burned to ashes by the fire.

"General, the battle was fierce. Please, general, move your ship back a little bit." Several times, Liangshanbo warships rushed close to Liu Menglong's ship, and arrows and crossbows fell on the ship from time to time. Seeing this situation, the Jinling Jiankang Navy Navy The commander Zhang Gongyu couldn't help but change his face, and immediately advised Liu Menglong not to take the risk himself, but to retreat to a distance to watch the battle.

Liu Menglong was naturally unwilling to risk arrow locusts in person, but at this moment he remained silent.

Now that the battle is fierce, the thieves seem to have the upper hand. Once my ship retreats, I am afraid that disaster will be imminent.

At that moment Liu Menglong refused straight away: "The soldiers are fighting to the death, how could this general retreat and send orders to the army to kill the thieves bravely."

But at this moment, Liu Menglong's boat shook violently, causing him to almost fall when he was watching from the rudder tower, but he was hit by two thick crossbow arrows one after another at the guardrail of the rudder tower.The long card that was blocked there was torn into a mess.

Liu Menglong looked at the place where the crossbow arrows came from, and saw a red warship that was still burning with flames, rushing towards his side, his brows were frowned by the violence.

Liu Menglong thinks he is such a warship.The boats in the rivers and lakes are actually sea-going ships, this is the first time he saw such ships in the rivers and lakes, and he has a deep memory.

In today's water battle, there are a total of three such warships in the Liangshan bandit formation, each of which is carrying the Ruan character general flag.It is reported that the chief leaders of the Liangshan Bandit Kou Navy are three strong bandits surnamed Ruan, who are from Shijie Village by the Shijie Lake, and they have followed the Lu Bandit early as their confidantes.

There was a warship like this that rushed into battle earlier today. During the battle, it wanted to attack its own ship several times, not afraid of bows and arrows, not avoiding collisions, and its bravery was extraordinary.The other two warships of this kind rushed towards his boat several times afterwards, but they failed to succeed, and were forced back by the escorting warships.

"General, the thieves are sharp, let's avoid them for now!" Zhang Gongyu was Liu Menglong's confidant, and he followed him when he was beating Xichuan to seek thieves. Seeing this, his face changed drastically, and he said.

Liu Menglong hesitated for a moment and shook his head to deny the proposal: "I just ordered the soldiers to fight to the death, but I will avoid the enemy and make concessions, and the morale of the army will be chaotic. How can you bring about your own destruction? Go ahead and tell the soldiers to prepare for war." At this moment, Liu Menglong seemed to reply. Arrived in Xichuan back then.At that time, he was also so fearless of dangers and arrows that he was able to achieve great achievements again and again, and finally took the position of commander of the Jinling Navy.

Zhang Gongyu sighed after hearing this, turned around and asked the drummer to summon the surrounding warships to come to guard, ordered the sailors to turn the wheels, increase the speed, and at the same time ordered the soldiers on the ship to stand ready.

There was a steady stream of reports from the rudder and deck.

At this moment, Ruan Xiaoqi's eyes widened.

Driving a red jiao boat like a tiger descending the mountain, leading five or seven loach boats, rushed straight in front of Liu Menglong's boat.It's not easy to catch Liu Menglong's ship, not to mention the surrounding Song Army escort ships, not to mention the number of outnumbered enemies, but only the speed of Liu Menglong's ship, it seems to be going far away.

The speed of the car and boat is not weaker than that of the galley.

"Stop it, stop it, really stop it. What a rogue, what a Zhang Shun."

Suddenly, Huo Yanluo clapped his hands on the cockpit and shouted loudly.However, not far away, the ten-car boat representing the flag of Jinling Navy suddenly stopped in the water.Naturally, it wasn't that the boat didn't move at all, but compared to the previous speed, it was like a mountain pressing down on it.

Of course, it wasn't that the water wheels of other people's vehicles and boats suddenly broke down at this critical moment, but that Zhang Shun led a group of sailors to fill up the spokes with utensils secretly, causing the bicycle sergeants in the ship to step on them. not moving.

Ruan Xiaoqi took a deep breath, ordered the Chijiao boat to go straight forward, and summoned his relatives to put on his armor, which was a good-looking rattan armor.

This is the battle armor that the Liangshanbo navy will use in the future. It is lighter than leather armor and paper armor, let alone iron armor.Even with Zhang Shun's water nature, it would be difficult for him to escape if he fell into the water wearing a set of iron armor weighing thirty to forty kilograms.The role and disadvantages of the latter in water warfare are simply [-]-[-].

The rattan, after being soaked in tung oil, is woven into armor, which has strong protection against cold weapons.Compared with metal armor, it also has the advantages of light weight, not afraid of water, and strong air permeability.Of course, this is not to say that the rattan armor is better than the iron armor. The invulnerable rattan armor soldiers only exist in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.Here it was chosen by Lu Qian, just because the rattan armor was inherently suitable for the navy.And the material is easy to obtain, and the cost of a single piece is not large.

Although it has the defect of being afraid of fire and cold, the former can be made up for with leather.

Liang Shanbo is not a poor, clinking villager in the southern valley. The latter is unable to cover rattan armor, but what is this to Liang Shanbo?Even if this will make the cost of rattan armor much higher, compared with the orthodox leather armor and iron armor, the cost of rattan armor is still much cheaper.

Just like the rattan cards used by the armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations, in order to enhance its fire resistance, it is easy to put a layer of leather on it.

Compared to what it actually does, this flaw is quite tolerable.And the second flaw is that if you are afraid of the cold, then you should be afraid of going down.In the northern war, there are very few naval divisions.

That is to say, the time for the development of rattan armor is still short, and it is far from enough for all sailors in Liangshanbo to equip it.

But Zhang Gongyu on Liu Menglong's boat was as angry as fire at this moment, and the warship stopped unexpectedly. It's really abominable, abominable.

He knew that there must be Liangshan bandits making trouble underwater, so he shouted at the crossbowmen and paid close attention to his surroundings.Whenever a water ghost appears, shoot them to death.

It's just that the plan is far from changing quickly.Just when Zhang Gongyu angrily asked the crossbowmen to look around, all the sergeants in the cabin suddenly shouted: "The bottom of the boat is leaking!"—I don't know if the vehicle and boat have watertight compartments, anyway, China at that time had Such a thing was invented long ago.

Rolling around into the water, even Liu Menglong, who had always looked calm, couldn't help feeling a little flustered, and even a trance after a broken dream.But he was the first to take off his military uniform.

When the warship is majestic, the armor is majestic; but when the warship sinks, this thing is the culprit of killing people.

Liu Menglong's boat hurriedly raised the flag, calling for nearby warships to rush to rescue.For a while, Song Jun didn't know how many warships screamed from the rudder, but many warships witnessed the scene of the ship being in distress.Immediately, the morale was low and the hearts of the people were confused. They all retreated towards the ship and the water village in Shigou Town without needing to issue another order from that ship...

　Thank you bqzhu for your support, the last book is... embarrassing.And Ah Kuo, hill2 and pawn, thank you all.

　　
　
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