Li Chengqian put on his clothes haphazardly and ran out of the cabin with long strides.
The frigate on the east side was blazing with flames, mixed with bursts of shouts of death and the loud noise of muskets being fired.
Vessels that looked like fishing boats were attacked one after another by super frigates.
After each impact, the sky will burst into flames.
Obviously, these ships are not ordinary ships. They are not only loaded with H medicine, but also things like tung oil.
However, almost all the ships brought out by Li Chengqian this time had iron plates added to the hulls.
The tung oil only burned on the surface of the water and the ship, and did not cause any substantial damage to the ship. The scene only looked very scary.
And it was also at this time.
Luo Ding'an hurriedly came to Li Chengqian's side.
Li Chengqian frowned and asked, "What's going on? Where do these people come from?"
now.
Even he was a little confused.
Where did these people come from?
Datang has long regarded river transportation as the country’s main transportation capacity.
Every year, a lot of manpower and material resources are spent to clear out the water bandits who cause trouble on both sides of the river. There should not be water bandits on this waterway.
Moreover, this time they received the order from the imperial court to set out for the Northern Desert.
Officials from various places have been stationed on both sides of the river, with one post every three steps and one sentry every five steps. They are afraid that someone will come out to cause trouble. There should not be a team that can hide secretly, but the reality is that his team is under such a dragnet of surveillance. Below, he was attacked.
And Luo Ding'an had just made contact with the ship next door through lantern language.
The reply from the ship next door was that the person suddenly rushed out from the mountain.
After hearing Luo Ding'an's answer, Li Chengqian stopped asking any more questions.
Now that things have happened, there is no point in asking where they came from.
Li Chengqian said calmly: "The other party's ship should be loaded with tung oil and the like. It seems that they are going to sink our ship by exchanging lives for lives."
"If that's what they really planned to do."
"Then they definitely have more than that number of people and ships lurking nearby. If we don't protect everything, there are still people hiding somewhere!"
Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes and said to Luo Ding'an beside him: "Go, ask people to light all the lanterns, and keep an eye on what's going on around you."
"Once you discover the situation, don't worry about anything else, just give him a few shots first!"
"yes!"
Luo Ding'an bowed to accept the order and stepped away.
not long time.
The tops of dozens of ships were lit with fire.
Of course, this was not because the ship was attacked, but because the soldiers on board lit it up themselves.
Because contemporary technology is still too poor to make light bulbs yet, Li Chengqian thought of the fire lantern.
The principle of the so-called fire lamp is also very simple. It is to place a large pot of charcoal fire on a stand that can rotate freely 180 degrees, and then place a large mirror behind the fire pot.
The firelight is refracted on the mirror, and the mirror can reflect the firelight far away, acting as a simple searchlight.
Don't even say it.
When these simple searchlights light up.
I actually found many hidden traces of ships on the edge.
Luo Ding'an didn't say a word, and immediately followed Li Chengqian's instructions and ordered the cannon to be fired.
There was a heart-wrenching sound accompanied by a squeaking sound.
Dark windows appeared on the hulls of the ships used to protect Li Chengqian's main ship on both sides.
The soldiers hiding behind the window pushed out the giant cannons with great force.
The person responsible for the lookout immediately used a simple searchlight to lock the enemy's position, and then conveyed instructions to the gunner.
"Third from the right, second from the top, let go!"
boom! boom! boom!
Tongues of flame spurted out from the muzzle and landed directly on the locked position of the simple searchlight.
The shells fell, and the waves that exploded were several meters high.
And after the stormy waves, there were screams and exclamations.
But not long after, the second round of volleys landed on top of their heads.
In an instant, the water surface became completely quiet.
And this is just the beginning.
As more and more people called searchlights, all ships carrying guns began to move.
As long as the target is found, no matter what, it will be bombed indiscriminately.
As for how many people can be killed, that's not up to them.
Because the order Li Chengqian gave them was to tell them to blow up one round before talking.
And this is also the advantage of working with the prince Li Chengqian. There is as much logistics equipment as you need, and you don't have to think about saving at all.
Just when Li Chengqian was standing on the bow of the ship, observing the battle situation around him.
Yuan Yuan also swayed and walked to his side.
Seeing the guy who was obviously exhausted but still holding a sword to protect his side.
Li Chengqian curled his lips: "If you don't take a good rest, why are you out here?"
Yuan Yuan glared at him and said nothing.
This ship was specially prepared for them.
Most of the people living on this ship were palace servants who accompanied him.
Once someone takes advantage of the chaos and climbs up, it is a wolf among the sheep and they can do whatever they want.
And the reason why she didn't rest was of course because she was afraid that some fool who didn't want to take a guard with him when he went out would get someone to escort him.
Seeing her look like that, Li Chengqian suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
It seemed that he shouldn't have tormented her so freely just now.
Li Chengqian pursed his lips and said, "Don't worry about me, our place is very safe."
Don't look at the fact that he doesn't have many guards on this ship.
But his ship stood in the center of all the ships.
If those people wanted to rush in front of him, they would have to sink all the surrounding escort ships.
It can be said that the shipbuilding technology of the Tang Dynasty Navy today.
They want to use these small broken boats to sink the surrounding ships, which is as difficult as climbing into the sky with bare hands.
And it was also because of this that he was able to stand on the deck so calmly.
However, Yuan Yuan ignored him at all and still stood there minding his own business.
As the saying goes.
Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the eventuality.
What if someone who doesn't open his eyes comes running up?
Don't even say it.
That's when Yuan Yuan came up with this idea.
A small broken boat carrying a dozen people burst out of the fire and rushed straight towards the ship they were on.
Just a moment later, the small broken boat rushed towards the ship.
Seeing this scene, the surrounding soldiers immediately turned their guns.
But because it was too close to Li Chengqian's ship, they were afraid of accidental damage and did not dare to shoot at all.
And the few people on the small broken boat also took this opportunity to quickly stick to the edge of the boat.
"Hurry up!"
"The dog prince is right here."
"As long as we kill him, we will leave our name in history!"
Along with the sound, iron ropes were thrown up from below.
A group of more than ten people climbed onto the deck quickly on ropes.
But.
Is Li Chengqian so easy to kill?
