Seeing this, the building ships on the other side hurriedly drove forward to attack, hoping to combine the power of the two ships to suppress Yong's ship, and then shoot down Yong's soldiers from a high position.
Seeing the building ship on the other side ramming diagonally, Zhu Lingshi ordered to retreat backwards. With the help of the river waves caused by the rapid advance of the building ship, the keel bow and the building ship separated at the slightest contact.
I saw two large ships lined up side by side. The Song army on the ship fired arrows downwards, while the Yong army on the deck set up shields to cover them.
The duck that reached its mouth was about to be rescued by another duck. Zhu Lingshi was furious and ordered: "Squeeze over."
There is a collision angle on the bow of a flat keel boat. The two-foot-diameter iron-wood collision angle is closely connected to the keel and bow of the ship through a mortise and tenon structure. A huge impact will be dispersed and transmitted through the keel and will not cause damage. The whole boat breaks.
The keel boat adjusted its shape and pushed hard towards the middle of the two building boats. Seeing that the Yong army ship was seeking death, the two building ships worked together to squeeze in the middle.
The sound of "creaking" continued, and the ship's planks collapsed due to force. The deck of the building ship was about five feet higher than that of the keel ship, and there were three-story buildings above the deck. The center of gravity was unstable due to the collision, and it jolted to both sides.
The oarsmen shouted in unison, the hull made a heart-shaking cracking sound, and the keel boat still pushed forward with all its strength. The sides of the keel ship and the building ship squeezed against each other, and the sounds of cracking were heard intensively. The Song troops on the building staggered around, reaching out to grab the side of the ship and the cables in front of them, and screams of surprise could not be heard.
The keel ship is between the two building ships. Except for the stress on both sides, it is stable. Zhu Lingshi stood firmly at the bow of the ship, ordered the soldiers to stand on both sides of the ship, and threw their long spears and short spears at the Song army on the building ship. The Song army kept screaming and retreated. The ship originally tilted to the outside, and the soldiers fled to the other side, making the ship tilt at an even greater angle.
Grieving "crunching" sounds continued to sound on both sides of the hull. The planks of the keel warship fell off one after another due to the collision with the two tower ships, revealing the rugged supports, but exuding a fierce evil aura.
The left side of the building ship that was the first to be attacked had exposed the watertight cabin inside. The waves rising from the ship continued to pour into the hole, and the entire building ship began to stagger and sink.
The keel warship passed through the two high-rise ships. When he saw the eight-stern ship more than fifty steps away, Zhu Lingshi's eyes lit up and he loudly ordered: "Sink the eight-stern ship."
On the eight-foot ship, Liu Cui watched the battle and saw that six of his own large ships went to attack the Yong Army ships, but they did not sink the three Yong Army ships as expected. Although the Yong Army ships were low, they collided with each other. was not crushed.
I remembered that the battle report sent by the Duke of Song Dynasty mentioned that Changyu encountered a kind of ship of the Yong army during the naval battle. It was fast and had a strong hull. Could it be that the three Yong ships in front of him were of the same type as the ships in the naval battle.
Seeing a Yong boat heading towards him with all its injuries, Liu Cui said coldly: "Get ready to fight and seize the boat."
There were nearly a thousand soldiers on board the eight-stern ship. Liu Cui planned to let the soldiers jump off the ship and snatch it while the two ships were crossing each other. Song Gong was very concerned about this new type of warship. If he could capture one, he would definitely make a great contribution.
Zhu Lingshi looked at the eight-armed ship. This kind of ship has five floors and is nearly ten feet high. It looks tall and mighty. In fact, the Lord has long said that the eight-armed ship is just a big man in vain. It is top-heavy and shallow. He wants to Use the keelboat to teach him a lesson.
The river outside Dongshui Gate was more than two miles wide. When Zhu Lingshi saw the eight-boat sailing directly towards his ship, followed by more than 20 large and small ships, he ordered the sails to be raised.
The flat-bottomed keel ship had two masts and two sails. The easterly wind blew on the river. The keel ship circled in an arc thirty steps away from the eight-stern ship like a nimble fish, occupying the upper hand to the northeast of the eight-stern ship.
The eight-footed ship was traveling from west to east. The ship was too big to turn, so we could only watch helplessly as the Yong ship hit the middle of the eight-footed ship from the northeast. The small boats of the Song Army stepped forward to intercept them one after another. The keel ships rode the wind and waves with great force, knocking away the blocking boats.
Arrows rained down on the keel ship. Yong Jun set up a shield in front of the ship, and the oar hands shook hard. The keel ship hit the eight-foot ship against the rain of arrows.
Liu Cui stood at the highest point of the eight-gallon ship and commanded. He saw that the Yong army ships were only seven or eight feet away from each other and were approaching menacingly. The guards hurriedly pulled Liu Cui down and swayed more and more the higher he stood.
When they rushed to the next level, there was a loud "Peng" sound and the eight-boat ship shook violently.
, Liu Cui lost her footing in the cabin and was shaken so much that she fell onto the ship's plank. Her bodyguards and soldiers all turned into gourds and fell to the ground.
The collision angle of the keel ship penetrated deeply into the eight-foot ship about a foot above the waterline. The eight-inch-thick wooden planks were like rotten wood under the powerful impact, flying and breaking.
As Zhu Lingshi said "retreat", the keel ship moved backwards. The collision angle tore the shattered ship's side into pieces, and a hole more than three feet wide was ripped out of the side of the eight-stern ship.
Liu Cuigang stood up holding on to the wall of the ship. Before he had taken a few steps, the ship's hull began to vibrate again. This time the vibration was much smaller. It was the collision angle of the Yong army's ship that once again inserted itself into the fragment, expanding the hole to about ten feet in diameter.
Many of the Song soldiers on the eight-foot ship flew directly from the side of the ship and fell into the river. The remaining soldiers looked at the ferocious keel ship with fear and fear, and the arrows shot in their hands did not know where they landed.
Liu Cui quickly ran out of the cabin, looked at the Yong boat that had retreated two feet away, and was about to collide with it again. He loudly ordered: "Use the hook to grab the Yong boat. There are many of us, jump over the boat and grab it." come over."
Not far away, Zhu Lingshi stood at the bow of the ship and heard Liu Cui's order clearly. He didn't know Liu Cui, but he saw a circle of guards around Liu Cui and knew he was a Song Army general.
Yang Anxuan once ordered the secret guards of the Department of Commercial Affairs to draw portraits of Liu Yu and his subordinates and generals. Zhu Lingshi recalled the portrait in his mind. With long eyebrows and thin eyes and three strands of black beard, it should be Liu Cui.
"Liu Cui, today is the day you die," Zhu Lingshi shouted loudly.
Seeing many hooks protruding from the side of the eight-boat ship, soldiers gathering with spears and short axes, and other small boats on the river swarming towards them, Zhu Lingshi sneered and said, "Back off temporarily."
Liu Cui watched helplessly as the Yong ship advanced and retreated freely. He abandoned himself and headed towards the building ship. He knew that if he was entangled by a ship like the Yong Army, let alone go to rescue Jiangling, he would probably be killed outside Jiangzhou City first.
"Horn".
The low sound of the horn resounded throughout the world. Liu Daoji, who was several miles away, heard the sound of the horn and ordered the ship to sail towards Jiangzhou City to attack Master Yong with his brother.
Although the Yong army had few ships, under the leadership of three keel ships, they moved across the river with a rainbow-like momentum. Seeing Zhu Lingshi directly ramming the enemy ship with his boat, the other two keel boats followed the same example and frequently rammed into the Song ship. One of the tall ships was unable to avoid it and was knocked sideways in the river.
Liu Cui's eyes were so anxious that he no longer wanted to annihilate Master Yong, but only wanted to escape Jiangzhou City smoothly. What kind of technology did the Yong ship use? The ship's side plates fell off when the ship hit it, but it seemed to have little impact.
After getting out of trouble, he must report to Song Gong that he attaches great importance to it and try every means to get the secret of shipbuilding. If Master Yong can build a large number of such ships, the rivers and seas will be dominated by Yong's army.
Although Zhu Lingshi left the eight-footer ship with the keel ship, his attention was fixed on the eight-footer ship and did not leave. He was cruising around the eight-footer ship like a predatory beast, looking for fighters.
The horn sounded from the east, and more than a hundred Song ships appeared in sight. It seemed that the ships that had just passed Jiangzhou City were back.
Zhu Lingshi looked around the battlefield. Song ships accounted for the majority on the river. If more than a hundred ships joined the battlefield, they could separate and surround his own ships. Although the keel warships were strong, they would probably suffer a loss if they were surrounded by the Song army. .
His eyes turned to the eight-armed ship again. The eight-armed ship was sailing downstream through the wind and waves. It seemed that Liu Cui wanted to escape. Zhu Lingshi estimated that it would take a stick of incense for the two Song fleets to converge, and he could still organize an attack on the eight-footer ship.
With an order, the flag bearer waved the flag, and the horn sounded at the same time. The other two keel warships that received the military order simultaneously abandoned the tall ships around them and cut in the direction of the eight-foot warship.
Liu Cui's heart was filled with excitement as he stood on the eight-stern ship. Once upon a time, the eight-stern ship was regarded as the most powerful water combat power. When Song Gong got it from Lu Xun, he was overjoyed when he learned the secret of the watertight compartment at the bottom of the ship, thinking that it could make the water more powerful. The combat power of the division's ships is doubled.
Liu Daolian went to Jingzhou to serve as governor, and Song Gong specially gave him two ships, allowing this half-brother to stabilize the Yangtze River waterway with the power of the eight-stern ship.
Tan Daoji wrote to Liu Daolian, asking him to send naval forces to help capture Yufucheng. Liu, the governor, had no choice but to attack Yong on his own because of the five-pronged attack on Yong.
He was extremely anxious because he had no results. After receiving Tan Daoji's letter, he immediately ordered Liu Cui to go on an expedition and sent an eight-stern ship as Liu Cui's ship.
With the advantage of its tall hull, the eight-armed ship allowed Liu Cui to have an overview of the battle situation. The ship could accommodate nearly a thousand soldiers, and the power of the bow and arrow volley could not be underestimated. Liu Cui also worked out a set of eight-armed ships, with the building ship as the main one. Auxiliary, water warfare method of siege by other ships.
However, at this moment, Liu Cui deeply felt the clumsiness of the eight-foot warship in front of the Yong warships. Under the flexible attack, interception, and collision of the Yong warship, the eight-foot warship was like a pig and sheep waiting to be slaughtered. If it were not for his own warships, Having a numerical advantage and being able to outnumber enemies with fewer enemies can barely maintain undefeatability in this water battle.
Seeing another Yong ship approaching diagonally from the left front, Liu Cui quickly ordered the three stern warships beside him to come forward to meet the enemy. He threw his car to protect the commander and blocked the Yong ship so as not to block the route of the eight stern ships. .
The eight-footed ship circled south and could already see the large ship led by Liu Daoji inside and outside. Liu Cui felt relieved. If he persisted for a while, the two naval forces would be able to rendezvous. After all, Yong Jun was the captain and did not dare to pursue him. .
"General, there are enemy ships chasing you." A soldier came to report.
Liu Cui hurriedly moved to the stern of the ship, and saw that the Yong ship that had just hit him was approaching again, only thirty or forty steps away.
There are still more than 400 steps ahead of the army. Judging from the speed of Yong's ship, they should catch up with Liu Daoji's ship before it arrives.
At this time, there was no rush to escape. Liu Cui ordered the archers on the ship to gather at the stern and shoot arrows at the Yong ship. The soldiers with long spears, long hooks, and long swords were ready to wait for the Yong ship to catch up and quickly fight back.
The flat keel boat Zhu Lingshi was riding was behind the eight-stern boat, going smoothly. In order to catch up with the eight-boat ship in the shortest time, Zhu Lingshi ordered to go straight forward, with the dark collision angle protruding forward, overcoming obstacles and moving forward indomitably.
The short ax and the long spear were thrown from the high ship and chopped into pieces several inches deep on the deck. The short ax split through the shield and injured the soldier holding the shield. Zhu Lingshi stood on the middle side of the ship, unmoved. Watching the keel ship move forward despite the rain of spears and axes.
The collision angle hit the side of the eight-boat ship and easily pierced the planks of the ship's side. Liu Cui grabbed the parapet at the stern, tried his best to steady his shaking body, and shouted: "Grab the ship."
Dozens of Song soldiers at the stern jumped over the parapet and fell towards the keel warship. Zhu Lingshi rushed forward, grabbed a spear inserted into the ship's board, stepped forward and pierced a spear that had just jumped on board. Named Song Jun chest.
Another Song soldier slashed at Zhu Lingshi with a knife. Zhu Lingshi stepped back, and the bodyguards beside him stepped forward to block him. Zhu Lingshi looked at the eight-armed ship with a big hole in the stern. He laughed and said, "Withdraw."
At the sound of the trumpet, the Yong army ships began to withdraw towards Jiangzhou City. The river water surged towards the interior of the Eight-Owl Ship. Even though watertight cabin technology was adopted, the middle and rear parts were filled with river water. It was obvious that the Eight-Owl Ship was slowly sinking.
Liu Daoji's building ship had already arrived, and when he came to the eight-stern ship, he saw that the hull had sunk at least three feet, and its sinking was a foregone conclusion.
"Brother, quickly abandon the ship and board the building ship." Liu Daoji said anxiously and ordered a pedal to be set up between the two ships.
The whirlpool caused by the sinking of the ship's hull would pull everything around it into the water. Liu Cui stamped his feet bitterly, and with the support of his personal guards, he climbed from the eight-seater ship to the high-rise ship.
A quarter of an hour later, all the soldiers on the eight-stern ship had boarded other ships. Liu Cui abandoned the eight-stern ship and left with the Song warship.
Zhu Lingshi had already climbed onto the city wall and watched the rickety eight-armed ship on the river with the other soldiers.
Two quarters of an hour later, the eight-gallon ship tipped over on the river and slowly sank into the water. On the city wall, there was thunderous cheers.
