Great Song Pirate

Chapter 419
While the palace hall of Shenglong City was still arguing over whether to agree to the request of the Fubo Army, the emergency report from the coastal area flew to Shenglong City like snowflakes, and was submitted to the king of the Li Dynasty. above.

These urgent reports all claimed in unison that they had been attacked by a skeleton army fleet, and asked the king to dispatch troops to help them defend as soon as possible. Looking at these urgent reports, the king slammed the table angrily and cursed: "These thieves really bullied me too much!" Don’t tell me they don’t care about us, Li Chao? We haven’t passed the deadline they gave, and they started to harass me towards the coast again. Do you really think we dare not do anything to them?”

At this time, a general came out and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, after listening to the emergency documents sent from various places, I found that the skeleton army fleet seems to be moving north. Since then, I am worried that they will Attack our Red River Estuary area, if they control the Red River Estuary, it will cut off the only way for me to go to the sea, if they go upstream along the river, it may even endanger the Royal City! Your Majesty please decide!"

King Li Chao was immediately startled by the general's words. According to what he said, it is really possible. The Red River is wide and the waterway is deep enough for large ships to navigate. It might endanger his royal city. With the terrifying mysterious weapons they have now, if they attack his royal city with thunder, wouldn't he be unlucky?

Thinking of this, he didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately issued an order: "Immediately send troops to the Red River Estuary to gather around the Red River Estuary. It is necessary to prevent the skeleton army from controlling the Red River Estuary. Li Aiqing, you immediately take the two thousand liters of Dragon City's forbidden troops to the Hekou. All the ships along the way are at your disposal, you don’t have to go to sea to confront the skeleton army fleet, you just need to firmly defend the river mouth, and you must not let the skeleton fleet enter the river mouth and go upstream!”

This general of Xingli immediately bowed to take the order, as long as he was not allowed to go out to sea and fight the skeleton army, then he had nothing to worry about, and he was still sure that he could control the river mouth on land, so after he received the order, , Immediately went down to raise troops out of the city, collected various ships along the way, and headed towards the mouth of the Red River.

Wang Zhi faithfully carried out the mission assigned to him by Xu Yi, led his fleet to attack those villages and towns near the coast along the way, and often retreated after looting, so that the Annan people could not understand his strength. Now Annan's coastal states and counties have long been frightened by the skeleton fleet. As soon as they heard that the villages and towns in the territory were attacked by the skeleton army fleet, they immediately issued an emergency document, asking the messenger to rush to the city of Shenglong King for help. They were all afraid of being slaughtered by the Skeleton Army, and only hoped that more soldiers and horses could be dispatched to help them defend the city. However, the imperial decree that came within a few days sent a large number of soldiers and horses from their territory to the Red River Estuary. It made their already stretched defenses much weaker, and made the officials of these states and counties complain endlessly. They could only temporarily recruit some local people and form some township groups to assist them in patrolling the coast. As for whether it is useful or not, That's another story.

Just as Annan's soldiers and horses gathered at the mouth of the Red River, Xu Yi's fleet also slowly approached the sea outside Aizhou City. Due to the cleaning of Wang Zhi's fleet in advance, basically there was no Annan ship on the sea, only Occasionally, some merchant ships from the Song Dynasty appeared far away, but when they saw the fleet flying the skeleton flag, they immediately turned around and fled in panic. Swaggeringly came to the outer sea of ​​Aizhou. Aizhou City is also an ancient city built by the sea. It is only about three miles away from the sea. When the Fubo Army fleet appeared on the sea here, it was quickly patrolled by the Annan soldiers who were here. It was discovered that the urgent report had arrived at the government office in the city. After hearing this, the prefect of Aizhou was shocked. He originally received the news that the skeleton army fleet had gone north. He thought he could escape the attack of the skeleton army. He celebrated with great fanfare, but he did not expect the Skeleton Army fleet to appear outside his Aizhou city so soon. Panicked, he hurriedly found the generals of the local garrison to discuss what to do, but the master-in-chief heard that After hearing this, she was also frightened and turned pale, and became flustered.

If they surrender without a fight, these officials will be capital crimes, and they will even be punished by the three clans. In desperation, the prefect of Aizhou and the master can only immediately summon all the soldiers and horses in the city, and shut down all the moving youths in the city by the four gatekeepers. Zhuang gathered together, opened the treasury, distributed the weapons stored in it to them, and drove them to the top of the city to help defend. Fortunately, they did it in time, otherwise, the people in the city would have run away long ago before they summoned their men. up!When they were doing these things, they still didn't forget to send out fast horses, and immediately went out of the city to send a letter to Shenglong City, hoping that Shenglong King City would send troops to rescue them.

They didn't dare to hope to defeat this legendary and terrifying skeleton army in one fell swoop. They only hoped that through their resistance, this skeleton army would retreat, at least until the arrival of reinforcements. As for the villages and towns outside the city, now They had already given up on it, and were content with keeping the city. What's more, after receiving the imperial decree, some of their troops were transferred away. Now there are only a thousand defenders in the city, and they don't even have the strength to go out to fight.

When this skeleton army fleet appeared in front of their eyes, the officers and soldiers guarding the city and Min Zhuang looked at the sails and the majestic giant ship at the head of these ships, and then they knew why Their elite sailors would be wiped out by this skeleton army in one fell swoop, so they became even more panicked. If it weren't for the suppression of some officers, it is estimated that these people who were rushed to assist in the defense would have dispersed and run away. , even so, these people who have never been in battle are all frightened, and they lie on the top of the city with weapons and tremble, like plague chickens. God knows if these frightened people can defend the skeletons army attack.

Xu Yi and the generals all looked towards Aizhou City with binoculars. Compared with the city of Song Dynasty, the city of Annan is really not a state city, not even the county seat of Song Dynasty, at most it is a state city. The town is nothing more than a town. For those Song people who are used to seeing the giant cities of the Song Dynasty, such a city is really small and pitiful, but no matter what, this Aizhou is also the state city here. If it is taken, it will give the Annan people a It was a huge psychological blow, so they didn't underestimate the city, and carefully watched the movement on the city.

"My lord! Commander Yang sent a semaphore from the ship, please order to land immediately and start attacking the city!" Cui Yan reported to Xu Yi from the side.

Xu Yi nodded and sent an order: "Order the infantry to start landing on the shore, and all ships equipped with artillery are lined up on the seashore! The other ships are in charge of guarding the periphery, and Lin Xiong is ordered to organize the water army to jump helpers to start landing, and go with the synchronization army Aizhou is ready to attack the city!"

The large square boats loaded with infantry in the fleet immediately sailed to the shore, and the wide springboard was put on the shore, and the armored infantry officers and soldiers on the ship got off the ship to the land in a single file, and stood in their capitals. According to the command of the leaders, they quickly gathered together, formed a series of square arrays, and began to gather by the sea.

The ships equipped with cannons began to adjust the rudder and sail according to Xu Yi's instructions, and gradually formed a column on the seashore. Under the leadership, they began to line up, behind the infantry, and then the other ships spread out to form a defensive formation on the outer sea surface, firmly controlling the entire sea area of ​​​​the landing site.

"Order the artillery of each ship to start loading, prepare solid bullets, adjust the muzzle, target Aizhou City, and prepare for long-range shooting!" Xu Yi checked the distance with his eyes. Numerous artillery bombarded Aizhou in advance, and prepared for the infantry siege in advance.

Cui Yan immediately ordered the flag bearer to convey Xu Yi's order, so the gunners of each ship immediately got busy, quickly loaded the cannons, and raised the muzzles to aim at the city of Aizhou in the distance. Preparations for launch.

Li Bo, Qian Gui, Daniu and others eagerly begged Xu Yi, "My lord! I shouldn't need to wait here, so please let us go ashore and join the infantry to attack the city together! I'm humble now!" My hands are itchy too! Hehe!"

Xu Yi took a look at Li Bo and Daniu, the personal guards, and seeing their excited faces, he didn't want to distract them, so he nodded and agreed: "You should be more careful, and follow Commander Yang's instructions in everything. Do not act without authorization and interfere with Commander Yang's command, otherwise, come back and see that I will not deal with you according to military law!"

Li Bo immediately took the lead and clasped his fists in agreement: "Don't worry, my lord, Li Bo is also a soldier who knows the pros and cons, and will never act without authorization! Thank you, my lord, for your success!"

Then he immediately brought dozens of personal guards and put down the sampan on the boat, rowed to the shore excitedly, and soon merged into the infantry battle formation that had been lined up on the shore. Seeing that Yang Zaixing incorporated them into his own personal army, he waved his spear and pointed at Aizhou City. The formation of infantry and sailor jumping helpers immediately began to move towards Aizhou City.

Xu Yi turned the binoculars to the city of Aizhou again, and saw that there were many officers and soldiers there, and even a lot of Annan people in civilian clothes were running around on the city wall, constantly carrying various defensive equipment, preparing to Rolling wood and rocks, and someone set up an iron pan to burn hot oil. It seemed that this group of people was going to carry it to the end, so a sneer appeared on the corner of their mouths and ordered to Cui Yan beside him: "Order the ships to prepare, let them go again Taste the fury of our thunder! Cannons ready! Let go!"

Following his order, the Crossbar vibrated violently first, and dozens of bursts of anger erupted violently at the same time, causing waves on the water surface on the side, followed by gunboats lined up It started to get angry, and a huge roar immediately enveloped the world.

The sharp-eyed Annan people suddenly saw the flames erupting violently from the skeleton army ships on the sea in the distance, so they hurriedly pulled the people around them to watch together, but before they figured out what happened, they heard a roar The sound, and then a piece of bullets poured into the city and the city. The walls of the houses in the city that were hit by the bullets suddenly collapsed. It was only then that I heard the sound of rumbling and roaring from the sea, and the unsuspecting Annan officers, soldiers and civilians on the top of the city were immediately beaten to death by this round of artillery. I understand that the rumors are not false. These skeleton armies can really manipulate the sky thunder, otherwise how could they make such a thunderous sound?As a result, these Annan people who were already low in morale became even more panicked. Such a blow made them do not know how to defend themselves. They just ran around the city like a group of frightened rabbits, and even the officers panicked. Woke up, not knowing how to deal with this situation.

Looking at the smoke and dust rising from the city of Iowa, the sailors in the fleet who were watching the cluster bombardment suddenly cheered, and the leaders with binoculars raised their binoculars to observe the situation of the first round of bombardment Come.

To be honest, this round of shelling did not cause much damage to Aizhou City. Considering their current distance and the accuracy of the artillery, it is not guaranteed that the artillery will hit the target accurately at this distance. After flying into the city, they landed outside the city, so the captains of the ships immediately yelled to reload. The gunners did not wait for their captains to order, and began to quickly wipe the gun bores, reload gunpowder and projectiles, and quickly put the artillery along. The orbit was pushed back into place, aimed again, and ready for another launch.

After Xu Yi waited and watched the situation of the panicked Annan people on the top of the city, he was not satisfied with the result of the shelling, so he waved his hands again and shouted: "Keep fighting! Get rid of those bastards on the top of the city!" Go to the wall!"

Cui Yan immediately conveyed his order loudly, so the artillery in the fleet immediately began to roar again, and the solid shells roared like hail and fell towards the city of Aizhou. The accuracy of this calibrated shelling was obvious With the improvement, many projectiles bombarded the city wall, some of them landed in the city, and the Annan people in the city wailed, and the Annan people who had never been hit like this jumped up one after another, and the whole city of Aizhou was in chaos. The officers and soldiers on the city wall became even more chaotic, and the unlucky boy who was hit by the shells flew around with his limbs and arms flying around, which was horrible.

An Annan soldier fell down on the ground, and suddenly found that a human intestine was hanging on his body, and his body was covered with the flesh and blood of a brother beside him. He was frightened and went crazy on the spot, crying and howling, and staggered towards the city wall. The stairs rolled down with grunts, and the tragic howls spread far away, and some unlucky ghosts who were hit by bricks and tiles were lying on the city wall covered in blood, making even more miserable howls. The whole city was already in chaos. No matter how the Annan officers tried to appease them, they could not control these terrified subordinates and improvised minzhuang. Even some officers started to find places to hide in panic. , the already chaotic situation on the city wall began to get out of hand.

This kind of bombardment was really enjoyable for the Fubo army. After two rounds of salvos, Xu Yi no longer ordered the salvos, but ordered the ships to let go of their vigorous cannonballs until the walls of the city were destroyed. Until the Annan people were completely beaten, the whole sea was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder smoke. Dozens of cannons fired one after another, smashing projectiles one after another towards the distant city of Aizhou, swaying them wantonly. For the anger of the Annan people, this kind of shelling is the first experience for anyone. Even in Huazhou last time, they have never seen such a violent shelling. Miserable, while cheering loudly for those gunners, this kind of bombardment is completely one-sided, only they bully their opponents, but they don't have to worry about their opponents doing any harm to them, it makes people feel like they are bullying others, but This feeling is really good, even Xu Yi bought a chair and sat on the ship tower, looking like he was watching the show.

"My lord! The gunner brothers below said that the cannon is too hot to charge any more!" Cui Yan hurried over and said to Xu Yi.

"Order the ships to turn their bows and continue to fight me with the artillery on the other side until the Annan people can't be seen on the city wall!" Xu Yi continued to order.

So these ships equipped with Thunder Cannons immediately adjusted the rudder sails and turned the bows, pointed the other side of the ship at Aizhou City, and started to bombard Aizhou City again with the artillery here. The ammunition was abundant, and there was no need to consider the issue of saving. They just kept loading and firing. Many gunners simply took off their upper body and started working shirtless. It was hard to find such an enjoyable opportunity, and they didn't care about their image.

Yang Zaixing led the mixed soldiers of the infantry and water army and marched towards Aizhou City. All the soldiers looked excitedly at the dusty Aizhou City and cheered loudly for the gunners of the fleet, without feeling nervous at all. At this time, they all knew that the siege that was about to start would make them feel a lot easier because of the fierce shelling, and there was a relaxed atmosphere in the team.

The team of mules and horses dragging the artillery carts simply walked to the front of the team and hurried towards Aizhou. The brothers of the infantry army carried their weapons on foot and quickly ran behind the artillery team, raising waves on the road. dust.

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