Chapter 489: Strange Scheme, Death Trap

The wind is in a hurry!

On the surface of the river, fire attack ships loaded with fire-induced objects were flexibly shaped like ballets on the water. The soldiers walking on the boat were ignited one by one, and the blazing flames immediately swallowed up the fire attack ships.

Whoosh, sporadic arrows kept passing by the river, and some water strokes responsible for ignition fell into the river one after another. The battles on the river were undoubtedly much inferior to the large-scale land battlefield, but the level of thrilling was not inferior at all.

After all, there were too few people on Li Tang's side. Although every water soldiers were fighting hard, they were soon surrounded by the Imperial Navy warships rushing up from all directions and began to fight in close combat.

Although Li Tang had accumulated for two or three hundred years and was determined to prepare for this battle to restore the country, he was too inferior to the eight states of the empire with a deserted Zhongzhou against the land of the eight states of the empire in terms of human resources, resources, etc.

And this battlefield is just an appearance of this disparity in power. Although the empire is corrupt, it is not old enough to have no power to resist.

The fire attack ships were like big fireballs on the water, rushing along the river to the downstream Imperial Navy. However, most of the fire attack ships that were ignited early were destroyed halfway. Before the remaining part reached the front of the Imperial Navy, they disappeared on the river in advance because they were burning too violently, or they were sunk by the centipede ship beside the tower ship.

The centipede ship is a medium-sized ship in the navy. It has a long and narrow shape. There are countless windows on the sides of the ship. From the window, huge wooden oars can be poked out. This wooden pulp is the biggest weapon of the centipede ship. The top of the wooden oar is wrapped with iron teeth and is not light in weight. With the help of the lever, it raises up and down and slaps, which is the killer nemesis of the fire attack ship and small ships.

Li Tang's fire attack was easily resolved, and as the warships on both sides continued to approach, they finally entered a distance of less than 200 meters. At this time, even the last tower ship would launch a huge rock behind Li Tang's naval army.

However, long-range catapults cannot be used, but in the medium-range distance, there are stronger weapons. The bed crossbow, which is larger than the huge tower ship, can only be installed with two or three catapults. Although the size of the bed crossbow is not small, it can be placed in large quantities on multi-layer decks and wide decks.

Take the giant tower ship that the ninth prince Situ Ming rode for example. Not to mention the three catapults, there are eight tigers alone, sixteen double dragons coming out of the water, and three giant crossbows. There are as many as thirty-six other ordinary crossbows, all over the warships and on several decks.

It is no exaggeration to call such a tower ship a hedgehog or a water fortress.

"put!"

With a command, the string sound of the bed crossbow, which was many times louder than the bow and arrow, suddenly rang in my ears. On the surface of the river, a crossbow arrow made of a thick spear, which was as thick as a baby's small fist, suddenly covered the front.

Unlike the lack of accuracy, one percent relying on sight, three percent relying on feeling, and sixty percent relying on God's catapult cart, the shooting tracks of the crossbows are straight, so it is easier to aim at the direction. Therefore, the roars from these hundreds of crossbows instantly swallowed Li Tang's naval warships.

Although these giant crossbows could not directly sink Li Tang's warship, they swept the soldiers on Li Tang's warship all over the sky, countless broken limbs and arms, and even simply drilled through the body, and under the powerful impact force, penetrated the body of the second and third persons, and finally nailed them into the hull.

Blood dyed every inch of the deck red. This dense rain of crossbow arrows was like the summoning of the god of death, which made Li Tang's remaining naval army baptized by the god of death again.

The only ones who could barely fight back were the captured Lou warships, but when facing an enemy ship that was more than ten times more than him, the fight back seemed so pale and powerless.

The flames on the crossbow arrows are burning, canvas, and hulls. In this era when cold weapons are king, flames are the best weapon for warships.

Li Tang's navy was still tenaciously supported and under the influence of strong willpower, it continued to rush towards the Imperial navy. Although their warships were constantly sinking, the soldiers on the ship were seriously injured under the attack of crossbow arrows!

They were like a mantis, raising their arms to block the rushing imperial navy.

Bai Qi, who was standing on the huge tower, looked ahead coldly, and his ears were filled with the ridicule of disdain and abuse, mocking the other party for overestimating his abilities, mocking the other party for his mantis arm blocking the car, and death could not make Bai Qi's face move at all, but Bai Qi felt a little respect for his opponent in the tragic and heroic manner.

For their stupidity!

The warship was still approaching. When the distance was less than 100 meters, the most powerful crossbow on the warship, the Wanhu Qisheng Crossbow, finally revealed its true face. This kind of bed crossbow, which looked like a huge box, was the best mechanical crossbow in the empire and the most proud work of mechanical formations.

In one shot, hundreds of arrows were fired at once. As the lid in front was opened, the wooden box that looked like a honeycomb, rows of crossbow arrows flashing with cold light in the sun exposed their hideous dog teeth.

"put!"

Compared to the ten times dense rain of crossbow arrows just now, it was like a dark cloud, just like the biting north wind, which made people unconsciously fight a cold war. In front of this dense crossbow arrow, even Bai Qi would feel his scalp numb.

Amid the buzzing sound, arrow clouds enveloped Li Tang's naval army. In just two or three seconds, Li Tang's warship was like a hedgehog, with crossbow arrows all over his body. Although he was still moving forward, there was no trace of people on the ship deck.

Faced with the call of death, life seems so fragile.

Bang, a hedgehog boat crashed into the fortress-like warship. The boat, which was still persisting under the dual effects of flames and crossbows, finally made a creaking sound, and was disbanded under the heavy impact.

Li Tang's navy seemed to have exhausted all its strength, just like the mantis blocking the car, completely crushing it.

However, just as the warship approached the opponent's warship, the shadow of Li Tang soldiers finally appeared on the burning warship. The general led by Li Tang stepped on the deck stained with blood and leaped towards the empire's warship.

"Shoot!" Dozens of arrows immediately locked him, and an arrow suddenly shot in a swarm of fire.

"Soft Hedgehog armor!" At the critical moment, the general lifted his cloak and immediately shrank into a ball, and suddenly became a hedgehog, rolling at the two soldiers who were shooting arrows. Countless sharp thorns pierced the leather armor of the two soldiers, leaving a blood hole like a sieve on their bodies.

Rolling up, he pulled out the long sword from his waist, and started killing wildly at the imperial soldiers rushing around. Behind him, the remaining Tang soldiers came on board and began their final counterattack.

On the deck, he suddenly fell into a bloody storm, but no one cared about the final struggle of these people. In the eyes of the imperial generals, it was just the last trapped beast of the Li Tang naval army.

The navy was still moving forward, passing through Li Tang's naval warships, smashing the flame-burning warships and sank them into the river.

Bang, Tang Junshui general flew backwards and fell heavily on the deck. The soft hedgehog's cloak left dozens of holes on the deck. A trace of blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth, and several bones seemed to be broken. The pain made him suck the air conditioner.

He looked at the imperial general who was wearing a black cloak, covered in gray and misty armor, and under the helmet, a pair of indifferent eyes made people shudder. For some reason, there was a trace of trembling in his heart.

"As a general, you deserve to be one of my opponents and tell me your name!"

The Tang Junshui General supported his body and stood up staggeringly. The pain made his smile a little distorted, and there were a few bloodshots in his breath: "I am the Tiger Roaring Captain of the Tang Empire's Naval Army, Tang Li!"

"Remember my name, Bai Qi! Commander of the Third Imperial Army of the Empire!"

"You are Bai Qi, the butcher who defeated me, the seventh-partnered person, haha..." The Tang Junshui General laughed, his face suddenly became distorted, covering his chest with one hand, as if he was hit hard.

The sound came to an abrupt end, and a breath of life sank into Bai Qi's body as he passed by, while the Tang Army General Captain knelt forward to the ground, and a trace of blood flowed down from the corner of his mouth.

The battle on the deck was soon calmed down, and the warship crossed the wreckage of Li Tang's naval army that had been wiped out. However, at this moment, a boat suddenly soared into the sky beside the warship.

The hull broke into two pieces, and a sharpened giant wood showed its hideous and terrifying sharp fangs. Countless waves splashed and hit Bai Qi's face. The warship under his feet suddenly trembled slightly, and around, there were even sharpened giant woods rushing out of the river with powerful buoyancy.

The Tang Army General's kneeling mouth was still laughing. Their death was not worthless. Faced with the powerful imperial naval army, they could not stop the empire's pace at all, so they chose to use their lives as bait just to severely damage the imperial naval army.

In the previous water battle, the Imperial Navy, which had not lost a ship, finally realized the decisive determination of the Li Tang Navy. Everything was just to lure the Imperial Navy to come to this trap that had been arranged long ago, but launched the trap.

But in an instant, the Imperial Navy suffered heavy damage as expected, with more than 30% of the small and medium-sized warships losing more than 30%, and more than a dozen large-scale warships could not be blocked due to a large amount of water leakage in the bottom cabin, so they had to give up, and the rest of the warships were also damaged.

"Journey to the governor, the navy has been broken, but the empire's navy has also suffered heavy damage. However, after a short stay, we continued to come to our side!"

"Let the 36th, 37th, 39th, Zhechong Mansion be prepared! In this battle, we must let the empire know how powerful we are!"

"Yes! The governor!"
Chapter completed!