[Comprehensive] The five elements are short of money

Shi Dingsong ran too fast!The people Zhao Ermu sent to Jiaxing on the north bank hadn't heard back yet, but there was the sound of cannons from Cixi, and Shi Dingsong led the last boat to run back. Zhao Ermu heard his report and knew that Xue's family was in Cixi.

The Xue family is not as soft as Wang Shunu said, but it is not a hard bone either.According to Shi Dingsong, most of the Xue family hid in the inner city, and those who fought outside were guarded by family soldiers, and they sank the two fast boats only by tricks.It can be seen from this that the Xue family is still afraid of them, otherwise there will be no way out.

Zhao Ermu recalled the fleet attacking Jiaxing, and they joined together and rushed to Cixi.

The two sides met on the vast and wide waters. This is still within the scope of Hangzhou Bay, but the sea is open. In theory, it is still a continuation of the bay. In fact, it is already a wide sea that cannot be seen by the eyes.

"The purpose of this battle: to consume the enemy's army to the maximum extent, do you understand?" Tie Xue was sitting in the cabin on the second floor of the gunboat. All the battalion commanders, team captains, and elites in the guards were present.

"Understood." Everyone replied in unison.

"Then break up the meeting, each prepares for the battle, and proceeds according to the plan." At such a moment, Tie Xue still did not change his face, his face was cold, and his tone was not soft at all.

"Commander, the fourth brother has been with me as the deputy team for five years. He knows everything I know. Let him stay here and help the commander." A captain whispered.

"Boss!" the deputy said in a tearful voice, "I want to go back!"

"Fuck you, where I told you to be, where are you? I'm still the captain!" The captain slapped him, telling him to stay on the boat.Just like Tie Xue handed over the responsibility of cleaning the battlefield and gathering the remnants to Qi Hong, I also want to leave my deputy on the gunboat. The gunboat is definitely the last to sink. If you stay here, you have the greatest hope of survival. They must leave a legacy. What if we win?

"Yes." Tie Xue cherished his words like gold, and nodded coldly, as if he didn't care about everything in front of him, and only betrayed his emotions by pinching his bleeding palm.

The battalion commanders and team leaders here all confessed to their assistants, their voices were full of tears, Sang Xue turned his head unnaturally, he had already completed this step, but he didn't want to see this scene again.He is the leader, so he can't be emotional, and he will have red eyes any more.

Iron Blood lined up the fleet in a wedge shape. The two gunboats were arrowheads, with small boats on both sides, but the fast boats were hidden behind. Zhao Ermu's fleet had already entered the range of the artillery, and the sound of artillery fire immediately rang out.

Among the ships that Zhao Ermu snatched were gun boats, the two ships were equipped with almost the same range of artillery fire, and they were completely opposing each other.

Zhao Ermu lined up in a straight line, he knew better about the power of the artillery, at most a quarter of an hour, and then there was a side-to-side battle, only in a single line can he show his superiority in strength to the maximum.

As soon as the fire is fired, the small boats on both sides of the wedge will move to the two sides. The small boats will be more maneuverable. A dozen small boats will be divided into two rows and sail to the two sides of Zhao Ermu's fleet. If the boats are not too small, they will be surrounded. Stance.

The benefits of the wedge formation came out when the artillery fire was facing each other. The gunboat was strong and not easy to sink, and the small boat was too small to be easy to aim at. The medium-sized fast boat was hidden behind the gunboat, and most of Zhao Ermu's artillery hit the front. On the Second Artillery Ship, there were large and small potholes on the plywood.The main gunship where Sangvis is located is a little further back, with the second gunship in front attracting firepower, they are relatively safe here.Looking at the current situation and posture, it might be a bad idea to leave the deputy on the gunboat. If the gunfire continues to attack like this, the gunboat may sink first.

Compared with Iron Blood's flexible formation, Zhao Ermu's fleet is a bit bloated. Zhao Ermu was originally a defeated general, and he relied on force to suppress the remnants. In the battle with Qianxiang, many key positions were manned, unlike Tie Xue has a tacit cooperation and a complete set of talents.

"General, do you want to change formation?" Zhao Ermu's lieutenant asked worriedly when he saw that his own Clippers had been sunk.It is much better for the opponent to concentrate their artillery fire on one ship than they are to spread it all around.

"No, they only have two gunboats. If they sink, we will win." Zhao Ermu said calmly. The shells are also limited. If the opponent wants to destroy more people, he uses the fast boat as bait to consume the opponent's shells , as long as the gunboat is sunk and these guards are killed, the countless money, food and treasures of the Xue family will be his.

The sound of the cannon continued, and the Second Artillery Ship, which was attracting firepower, suddenly went down, and the draft was much deeper.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Ermu laughed loudly, "Okay, okay, okay, it's finally going to sink."

The people on the Second Artillery Boat were also aware of it, and the captain, Zheng Hang, shouted loudly, "full rudder, full sail, speed up with all your strength, and hit it!" Since they were about to sink, they also pulled two backs.

Regardless of the damage, the second gunboat rammed into Zhao Ermu's gunboat in a daze, blocking the firing window of the cannon.

Zhao Ermu immediately signaled and told the boats to retreat.He didn't expect these people to be sent away in such a desperate way, and the impact technique is usually a tactic of killing each other.The opponent's gunboat didn't have an iron head, so how could he be sure that he would be able to sink himself.

If the captain of the Second Artillery Ship heard it, he would just spit, and the rascal said: "Pull a backer, one is enough, and two are profitable!"

The Second Artillery Ship collided with Zhao Ermu's artillery boat at full speed, and there was only a loud bang. The Second Artillery Ship lost strength after hitting it, and the ship sank slowly.Zhao Ermu didn't waste shells and arrows, and watched the ship sink.

The sinking brought about a huge vortex, and the ship that had just been hit by the Second Artillery Ship began to split from the fracture, and the small half of the hull was pulled into the vortex, and the whole ship broke from three parts, and the small half sank. Most of the lower ones were top-heavy, sinking from the break, and slowly being pulled into the vortex.Just like a movie in slow motion, everyone can only watch as the ship sinks, even if they are watching, they have to stay away from it, otherwise they will be too easily pulled into the vortex.Zhao Ermu's two fast boats failed to change formation, so they were forcibly pulled into the vortex and ended up sinking.

Zheng Hang, the captain of the Second Artillery Boat, climbed onto the mast and quietly waited for his ship to be silent. No one fired or shot at him. He was doomed to die, so there was no need to waste it. Everyone could only watch for nothing.

The same is true for Iron Blood, no matter how good he is at ordinary times, at sea, separated by such a long distance, with a maelstrom in the middle, he can't help it, he can't help it!

Seeing that one gunboat of one's own side was exchanged for the same gunboat and two fast boats of the other side, this should be a good deal, but Iron Blood couldn't be happier.

The vortex is in the middle, separating the two fleets on both sides.

Tie Xue looked at who was drowning the captain of the Second Artillery Ship standing on the mast, and he thought that people should remember this name: Zheng Hang.

Colleagues who had no time to mourn and die in battle, Tie Xue said to his followers: "The second team comes."

With tears in his eyes, the entourage made gestures with the flag bearer outside the cabin, and the flag bearer began to make semaphore.

Zhao Ermu could also see the semaphore on the other side's bow through the huge vortex, "What are they going to do?"

"General, this is the semaphore for attack..." the lieutenant whispered.The opponent's gunboats and clippers are on the opposite side of the vortex, what kind of attack do they use?

The lieutenant's question soon had an answer - the boat.

Those nimble and maneuverable boats were passing through the gaps of Zhao Ermu's fleet, and they kept throwing wine jars on the opponent's big boats. The soaring smell filled the air instantly. Zhao Ermu poked his head out to look, and the pungent smell made Zhao Ermu shout loudly: "Hurry up!" Back, fast back, it's kerosene, it's kerosene!"

It was too slow, when everyone's attention was attracted by the sunken ship and the vortex, more than ten fast boats had interspersed into Zhao Ermu's fleet.As soon as the semaphore arrived, the guards on the small boat hidden under the tall ship began to throw kerosene on the big ship, and then lit the torches.Today's boats are all made of wood, no matter how well waterproof they are, they are still made of wood.

Zhao Ermu didn't just wait to suffer, the small boat has the advantage of maneuvering, but the big boat is invincible, and it was directly crushed, and many small boats were hit and sunk on the bottom of the sea.

To Zhao Ermu's surprise, those small boats did not run away in a panic, but ignited their own boats, rushing forward even more than the big boats, as if what he was driving was not a small boat, but an indestructible iron boat. Tall and formidable main ship.

Those who are tough are afraid of being violent, and those who are violent are afraid of dying. Zhao Ermu was afraid of such a way of fighting with his life for his life, so he quickly ordered to retreat, so as not to let the fire burn on the big ship.

The sides of the big ship had already been doused with fire oil, and a little open fire was enough to destroy the whole ship.

"Quick back, fast back!" Zhao Ermu's generals were all shouting loudly, but it was too slow.Just like the two sides could only watch the sinking of the two gunboats just now, now they can only watch the lit boats pass through the fleet. , If it didn't work, I just bumped into it, and sparks flew everywhere.

The sound of collisions and fire resounded in the entire sea area. Such a scene looked like a pantomime to Tie Xue.His brothers didn't flinch, and rushed forward without hesitation. He could see the smiles on their faces from such a distance, which was very hearty.

"Patriarch Xue, Patriarch Xue, we surrender, we surrender!" Zhao Ermu signaled the flag bearer to quickly play the semaphore, and dozens of soldiers stood on the bow and shouted: "Surrender! Surrender!"

Zhao Ermu was terrified. They were terrified of this desperate style of play.If they were loyal, brave and upright people, they would not be defeated. If they had the imperial court in their hearts, they would not choose to make a big detour and land from Hangzhou Bay.Although the fleet led by Iron Blood was born as a guard, they are loyal and brave, not inferior to the soldiers of the imperial court, even stronger and better than them!

Several fast ships that were not set on fire had already raised their white flags and hurried out of the range of the fire fleet.Although the remaining large ships were on fire, they still couldn't be completely burned for a while. The people on board organized the fire fighting while raising white flags, hoping that Iron Blood would show mercy.

After the vortex between the two fleets subsided, Iron Blood drove the gun boat and the fast boat over, and let the people on the fire boat get off and bundled up.Then exchange their own people to the captured clippers, which are their spoils of war.

Zhao Ermu and others wept bitterly and were defeated again. One general was incompetent and exhausted thousands of troops. I don't know what the battle with Qianxiang Kingdom will be like. Just looking at the posture of this general, it is hard to feel bad for the court. confidence.

The fleet returned, and the iron blood who had won the battle did not smile at all. He burst into tears on the spot where he passed the vortex just now. He was incompetent, and he hated himself for being powerless.