Chapter 278 The world is hot and cold
"Hurry, hurry up!" Li Yuanlong shouted to the soldiers under his command. He had enough of this state.
"General, the boat can't run fast, and the sails are broken."
Li Yuanlong was very anxious and ran outside to see that the sail was intact just now, with dozens of holes of all sizes and not much wind power. He could not borrow much wind power, but now he was basically leaked.
Looking around, I looked around and saw a fairly intact battleship, but only more than twenty, and the rest had basically lost their motivation and could only follow the trend.
"Captain Song, the enemy's previous clutch has retreated and has entered the range of artillery fire. Should we fire the gun?" Now they are chasing. Thanks to the advantages brought by soft sails, the hull can be stance to the opponent's escape ship and directly fire the gun. The artillery on the other side happens to usher in the opponent's clutch, and can attack on both sides at the same time.
"Yes." Song Wumian nodded, took out his telescope to check, and the speed of the flight back was only half of the speed. Now, it was only a little faster than the battleship he had under his seat.
Seven warships and forty-two artillery cannons, fire at full fire and freely fire. Basically, every quarter of an hour, the opponent's warship loses power. Today's gunners have learned their skills. Whether it is a shotgun or a solid iron bullet, they are all aimed at the opponent's sail. Compared with the hull, the tall sail is a natural target.
No matter how good your skills are, as long as you are hit by two shots, even if you don’t hit the mast, your speed will immediately drop by half. The warship catches up and adds a shotgun, and discards it directly, and then slowly clean up later.
Compared with the battleship in front, the Clippers coming from behind are much more difficult. Not only are the targets small, but the opponent deliberately keeps a distance and has a very low hit rate.
Li Yuanlong punched the mast. This was the third battleship he had replaced. He still couldn't escape. The huge loopholes in the sails were like smiling faces, ruthlessly ridiculed him. The speed is less than half as fast as before. Soon, the other party will come up to replenish the splash and knock the entire sail into rags.
"Send the order, let the Clippers come to pick him up." Li Yuanlong's heart was bleeding. There were only five or six ships that were still trying to escape. At their speed, they could not escape at all and would be eaten by the other party bite. Only the Clippers could have hope with their speed. When it was dark, they could escape.
The Clippers, who had been wandering in the distance, had to bite the bullet and respond when they received the order from Li Yuanlong. As for whether they would be hit, it depends on their luck.
The battle continued, and Li Yuanlong kept praying, and finally replaced the Clippers before the other party came to replenish the ammunition. Now it is still intact. In addition to the three Clippers with good luck, there are two warships left. At most two quarters of an hour, the entire army will be destroyed.
"Hurry, don't worry about the direction, increase the speed first and leave the battlefield." Li Yuanlong was like a stray dog at this moment. As long as he could escape, he would not care about anything else.
"Leave one warship to continue chasing, and every two other warships chase a clutch, and be sure not to let it escape." Song Wumian wants full effort and not let the secret of the artillery be leaked, so that it can have unexpected results.
Although the Clippers are fast, they are only one or two points faster than Song Wumian's new warship. Under the full bombardment of artillery, it is difficult to save it.
Li Yuanlong stood on the deck with a look of despair. Just now, the sail was hit directly, and now the speed is no longer as fast as the opponent's warship. He looked around and took it out
None of the navy who came was intact and was scattered on the sea, becoming a lamb to be slaughtered.
There was another cannon fire, and Li Yuanlong leaned against the corner of the deck, watching the mast break into two pieces, completely losing power. By now, Li Yuanlong had become insensitive, and he never expected that this would end today.
The two warships were close together, and six dark muzzles were aimed at the Clippers where Li Yuanlong was located. Song Wumian always locked in his whereabouts with the advantage of the telescope, and had no choice but to escape.
"Li Yuanlong, General, haha, have you ever thought about today?" Song Wumian laughed to the sky, and his depression was wiped out for many years. Now he stands here as a winner, enjoying the other party's setbacks.
"Tell me, what is this?" Li Yuanlong stood up and leaned on the ground with his sword. If it weren't for this thing, he wouldn't have lost so badly, and even escaping became a luxury.
"This thing is called a cannon, which can be hit several miles away. How about it? Song is still kind and righteous, so you can die with peace of mind." Song Wumian looked at Li Yuanlong and explained kindly.
"I have another question. What is your identity now? Don't tell me that these are all your guards. If your Song family has such skills, how could you be a merchant at ease?" Li Yuanlong pointed to the crossbowman beside Song Wumian. How could ordinary people have equipped them on a large scale?
"Now Song is the captain of the Navy of the Tang Dynasty's Zhongyong Army, so these are naturally the navy soldiers under my command." Song Wumian nodded. Li Yuanlong is quite eye-catching. If he had the sailors of their three major families, even with artillery in hand, it would be difficult to achieve success.
"Each cannon is ready to bomb the ship directly into the bottom of the sea." Song Wumian had already hated Li Yuanlong and was ready to directly kill the other party and the people and the ship.
"No, Captain Song, people are guilty, the ship is innocent. You and I have been walking on the sea for many years, so we should not act like this. Moreover, there are still hundreds of young and strong people on the ship, all of which are good laborers. If you take them back, it will be a great achievement." Chen He immediately spoke to dissuade him. Revenge should only kill the evil ones, and not involve too much, otherwise it will hurt the heavenly harmony. Besides, this ship is worth a lot of silver, and just sinking it like this will be a waste of resources.
"Well, Li Yuanlong, you jump into the sea. I will let you live a life path and I won't let them feed the fish with you." Song Wumian thought about it and still had to think about it for the Marquis. Now there is nothing on the Great Ryukyu Island, whether it is a boat or a person, take it back as much as possible.
The soldiers who originally thought they would die looked at Li Yuanlong when they heard this. As long as he jumped down, they would have a way out.
Li Yuanlong walked to the bow of the boat, looked at the bottomless sea water, and suddenly became extremely frightened and couldn't help but take two steps back.
"Please give me some sympathy!"
"Please give me some sympathy!"
......
I don’t know who started, but suddenly the soldiers on the Clippers clasped their fists, and the meaning in their eyes was very obvious. If they didn’t jump, they would take action.
Li Yuanlong felt the coldness of the world, closed his eyes and jumped directly towards the cold sea. The generation of heroes who had been rampant in Southeast Asia for several years finally came to an end.
"The command of the entire army to clean the battlefield, all the people confiscate their weapons and place them on several ships. In addition, all the damaged ships were connected with ropes first, leaving a few merchant ships to continue to move south, and everyone else followed him.
I'll go back first." Song Wumian ordered.
"Do you want to go to Li Yuanlong's nest?" Chen He instantly understood the other party's thoughts.
"Of course, it's too a pity to keep it, why not take it back to the Marquis?" Song Wumian was righteous. This was all ill-gotten fortune, and it would be a pity to miss it. He just happened to take it back to fill the gap for the Marquis to fill the gap.
"I'm afraid, you're for Yingzhu." Chen He shook his head.
"That's all, what's wrong? Haha, I won this battle completely. Even if the Marquis knows my thoughts, Song is still fearless." Song Wumian was in a good mood. As long as he could bring back Yingzhu, what if he was scolded?
"Then you go, I will leave the prisoners behind, and there must be someone here to stay." Chen He didn't want to go, there were tens of thousands of prisoners here. If something happened, no one would be in charge.
Until sunset, Chen He led five merchant ships to take charge, strung dozens of lost ships one by one with rope, and followed behind to the next Khmer. As for Song Wumian, he led the warships and most of the merchant ships back to the island near Da Nang, where Li Yuanlong's navy's nest.
"Hurry, lock the door first." There were bursts of shouts of killing from outside. Liang Yingzhu didn't dare to find out what was going on, so she could only pray that all this would pass earlier.
"Secretary of Song, this is Li Yuanlong's villa, and his family is inside." The speaker was the aide who was smashed his leg yesterday. Now Li Yuanlong is dead. It is reasonable that he has become a pioneer in leading the way in order to survive.
"Come on, smash the door open." Song Wumian waved his hand, and several elite soldiers holding heavy weapons rushed to the front and smashed the door in one round. After a stick of incense, he was shaking.
"Boom~" the door fell down, splashing dust.
Liang Yingzhu, who was originally hiding in the corner and full of despair, saw a familiar face. This picture had appeared in a dream many times, but now it suddenly appeared, it was so unreal. Liang Yingzhu raised her wrist and bit it hard, which made her heart hurt.
"Yingzhu, come out quickly, Brother Wumian is here to pick you up home." Song Wumian rushed to the front yard with blood with his sword and shouted. The elite behind him followed closely and guarded the left and right.
"No, no..." Liang Yingzhu was at a loss and wanted to shout out loud, but something seemed to be stuck in her throat, and she couldn't speak.
Song Wumian looked at the only woman standing in the yard who did not run away. It was indeed Liang Yingzhu who had not seen him for many years, and immediately rushed over.
......
"Brother Wumian, you are really here. I miss you so much over the years." Liang Yingzhu sat on the deck, snuggled in Song Wumian's arms, and whispered.
"Fortunately, it's not too late, and I'm also very scared. If I came too late, would you not recognize me?" Song Wumian gently stroked her hair. Now everyone is busy, bringing all the valuables on the island onto the boat, especially Li Yuanlong has hidden a lot of food here.
"What are you going to do with them?" The island has a large population, and now, except for the rebellious ones, they have become prisoners.
Chapter completed!