Chapter 532 Huge Gap

At this time, the messengers on the main ship of the Tenglong Navy, the Dafu Ship, kept waving the red and blue flags, and the sound of drums and horns came one after another.

"Order, the front camp will meet up and must bite the enemy!" Yu Tonghai ordered.

The navy is different from the garrison. The Tenglong Navy is divided into five camps: front, back, left, right, and center. The main ship Dafu Ship belongs to the center camp, and the deputy ship Dafu Ship belongs to the back camp. The front camp has seven sentry ships and more than 20 eagle ships. Its characteristics are fast speed and many close combat soldiers.

In battle, the front camp is generally responsible for charging and inserting into the enemy's fleet at a very fast speed. The left and right camps are responsible for outflanking, and the center camp and the back camp are responsible for providing long-range crossbow support.

Under Yu Tonghai's order, the 30 warships of the front camp launched a full-speed charge.

All the wooden sails were erected, and they formed a five-tiger-flock formation and rushed towards the enemy.

The warships of both sides were getting closer and closer. In a moment, the distance between the two sides was close to 100 feet.

"Shoot!"

A roar sounded, followed by a whizzing sound.

Nearly a hundred crossbow arrows as thick as a baby's arm pierced the sky and then fell down.

Before the first wave of crossbow arrows fell, the second wave of crossbow arrows had already been shot.

Most of the crossbow arrows fell into the sea, and only a few fell on the enemy's warships.

In fact, the lethality of crossbow arrows is not very large. Even if they fall on warships, it is difficult to hurt the enemies on the ship. After two waves of crossbow arrows, only two unlucky guys were shot through the body.

But the attack of naval crossbow arrows is not to kill the enemy's soldiers, but to destroy the enemy's ships.

The iron arrowhead hits the ship, enough to penetrate two or three decks. If it is a small boat, it can penetrate all the way to the bottom and smash a hole in the bottom of the ship. If it is a large ship, the goal of the crossbow arrows is no longer to destroy the deck and the bottom of the ship, but to destroy the sails.

One crossbow arrow is enough to smash a wooden sail. If there are too many wooden sails smashed, the sailing of the warship will be affected, affecting not only the speed but also the direction control.

In addition, a large number of crossbow arrows will also affect morale.

At this time, the vanguard of Xingyuemen was shocked by the crossbow arrows.

The two flag armies of Xingyuemen have only more than 300 crossbows, and most of them are equipped on the Dafu ship behind. The vanguard has many ships, but no crossbows.

In comparison, each of the Haicang ships of the Tenglong Navy has twelve crossbows. There are seven Haicang ships in the front camp, which have 84 crossbows.

Before the two sides met, the front camp of the Tenglong Navy had already released four waves of crossbows.

When the distance between the two sides was close to more than ten feet, the crossbows could no longer be used, but bows and arrows could be used.

The rain of arrows poured down, and the sailors on the enemy ships were shot and fled in panic in an instant.

The sailors of Xingyuemen also had archers, but the problem was that their vanguards were all small boats. The soldiers of Tenglong Navy stood on the Haicang ship and looked down from a high position, so they naturally had the advantage.

"Rush over! Don't stop."

The Qianhu of the front camp sneered and shouted without hesitation.

Their target was not these small boats, but the two big Fu ships on the opposite side.

The vanguards of both sides collided, and the winner was immediately clear. The front camp of Tenglong Navy took advantage of the large and solid ships to directly hit them, while many small boats of Xingyuemen were directly smashed.

Li Chengzhang saw this scene and his face was ugly.

The gap was too obvious!

The warships were not as good as the opponent's, the crossbows were not as good as the opponent's, and it seemed that even the soldiers were far inferior to the opponent.

Both sides did not engage in boarding battles, and their vanguards had already lost nearly half.

"Retreat!"

Without any hesitation, Li Chengzhang directly ordered a retreat.

Although they would not necessarily lose if they fought with all their strength, at most they would only win a miserable victory.

A miserable victory was an unacceptable result for them.

Facing the current battle situation, Li Chengzhang and Wang Mingjian's first thought was to preserve their strength.

In fact, their thoughts were not wrong, because if they fought with all their strength, the result would not be a miserable victory, but a certain defeat.

They did not understand the combat effectiveness of the Tenglong Navy at all.

How strong is the Tenglong Navy?

In fact, no one can give an accurate answer to this question.

Even Yu Tonghai did not have an accurate concept, because the Tenglong Navy had never participated in large-scale battles.

Warships and crossbows are not the foundation of the strength of the Tenglong Navy. The soldiers are the foundation of the strength of the Tenglong Navy.

Yang Zhengshan stayed in Tenglong Guard for five years, and the soldiers of the Tenglong Navy drank the spiritual spring water for five years. Yang Zhengshan left Tenglong Guard for six or seven years, and the soldiers of the Tenglong Navy could also drink the spiritual spring water he left behind.

Although the total amount of spiritual spring water drunk by each soldier will not be much, it may not be as much as the spiritual spring water Yang Zhengshan drank in three or five months, but this is twelve years.

After twelve years, even if one's aptitude is poor, one should become a warrior. If one's aptitude is good, one should at least be a post-natal warrior.

So what Li Chengzhang and Wang Mingjian faced was not an ordinary navy, but a navy composed of 5,600 warriors, among which there were nearly 1,000 post-natal warriors. Any small flag picked out at random was a post-natal warrior.

This is the most powerful part of the Tenglong navy.

Li Chengzhang and Wang Mingjian had a good idea. They chose to retreat at the first time, but they did not turn around and go back, but sailed south along the wind direction.

Seeing the enemy turn around, Yu Tonghai stroked his inch-long beard and smiled faintly.

"Send the order to pursue in parallel!"

The two Dafu ships also began to turn. Taking advantage of the ship's speed, the Tenglong Navy sailed south while approaching the enemy.

After sailing no more than ten miles, the distance between the two sides was less than 150 feet.

The range of Tenglong Navy's crossbow is 160 feet, and the most suitable shooting distance is between 50 feet and 150 feet.

"Keep your distance and shoot freely!" Yu Tonghai grinned.

The living target is here!

The crossbow arrows fell in waves, and the faces of Li Chengzhang and Wang Mingjian were so gloomy that they seemed to be dripping with water.

Why don't they fight back?

Because the range of their crossbows is less than 150 feet, only a hundred feet.

When Yang Zhengshan attacked Chongshanguan, Tenglongwei's crossbow had the advantage in range. At that time, the range of Chongshanguan's crossbow was 130 feet, while the range of Tenglongwei's crossbow was 160 feet.

The crossbows owned by Xingyue Sect are not as good as the crossbows used by Zhongshanguan back then. The longest range of their crossbows is only a hundred feet.

However, what made Li Chengzhang and Wang Mingjian even more uncomfortable was that the front battalion of Tenglong Navy also caught up from behind.

The speed of the ship is not an advantage, nor is the range of the crossbow. They seem to be beaten!

"What should we do? If we continue like this, we will be consumed by them sooner or later!" Wang Mingjian said in a deep voice.

Li Chengzhang looked forward, "Turn around and head east!"

He saw another fleet appearing in front of him!

That was the left camp of Tenglong Navy. As soon as the battle started, the left camp had already moved south, with the purpose of intercepting the enemy fleet and escaping.

At this time, they were right in front of Li Chengzhang and the others.

They went east, and Yu Tonghai followed them. The front camp in the rear was tightly biting behind them, constantly eating away at the slower boats.

The two sides went in a circle and turned to sail eastward.

The crossbows were still firing, and many of the Xingyue Sect's warships were seriously damaged. Even the sails of the two great fortune ships were hit with big holes by the crossbows.

The wooden sails were damaged, the speed slowed down, and the warships of Xingyue Gate lost the chance to escape.

What made Wang Mingjian and Li Chengzhang even more uncomfortable was that they actually discovered a fleet again in front, which was the right battalion of Tenglong Navy.

The Tenglong navy had completed the encirclement at this time. The middle camp and the left camp were parallel to the south of the Xingyue Gate fleet, the front battalion was parallel to the north of the Xingyue Gate fleet, and the rear battalion turned to follow the rear of the Xingyue Gate fleet. The right battalion moved forward and directly blocked the front of the Xingyue Gate fleet.

"Charge over!" Wang Mingjian ordered loudly.

They had no intention of slowing down, but instead rushed straight towards the right battalion fleet in front.

Yu Tonghai just glanced at their sails and knew that they were trying to break through.

"Send the order, move closer diagonally and prepare for a boarding battle!"

The encirclement has been completed, and now it's time to engage in a boarding battle.

The sails on the Dafu ship rotated slightly, adjusting the angle of the sails to meet the wind. The course deflected silently, directly approaching the two Dafu ships that were converted from merchant ships at Xingyue Gate.

The distance was close to a hundred feet, and the enemy fired crossbows. The two sides entered the mode of shooting at each other, but the Xingyue Gate was suppressed and hit.

No matter how low the hit rate of the crossbow arrows was, in just over two quarters of an hour, the Tenglong Guards had already fired tens of thousands of crossbow arrows.

Tens of thousands of crossbow arrows will always kill dozens or hundreds of people, and may also destroy the crossbow on the ship.

Originally, the Xingyue Gate had few crossbows, but after more than a dozen crossbows were destroyed by crossbow arrows, the number of Xingyue Gate's crossbows that could still be used at this time was less than 300.

The two sides were getting closer and closer, and Yu Tonghai could even see the faces of Wang Mingjian and Li Chengzhang clearly.

He put down his telescope and stared at the two of them closely.

Cultivation!

Yu Tonghai was very confident in dealing with those ordinary sailors, but he was still a little worried about dealing with these two unknown enemy leaders.

If he was an innate warrior, then he would be in danger as a commander.

If the opponent is half-step innate, then he can only rely on human life to make up for it and consume the opponent to death.

As for the ninth level the day after tomorrow, he doesn't need to worry too much.

"Send the order, the first officer takes over command!"

"The Guards will attack with me!"

Yu Tonghai drew out the long knife from his waist and reached Li Chengzhang and Wang Mingjian.

Li Chengzhang and Wang Mingjian also noticed Yu Tonghai. Their faces were extremely ugly, but at this time they could only fight desperately.

The ships on both sides came as close as three feet, and hook locks were thrown out. In the blink of an eye, there were more than ten hook locks connecting the two large ships.

"kill!"

Yu Tonghai roared angrily and took the lead. He used his strength on the side of the ship and jumped directly onto the opponent's ship.

At the same time, the personal guards beside him also followed him and killed him.

"court death!"

Wang Mingjian shouted angrily, unsheathed his long sword, and struck Yu Tonghai's vitals.

Yu Tonghai swung his long sword away with a sword, but his heart felt relieved. It was only the ninth level of the day after tomorrow!

In an instant, the two sides launched the most brutal boarding battle. A large number of warships were entangled together, and the shouts of killing were loud.

Behind, Xue Ping on the auxiliary ship held up a telescope and looked at the battle situation on the warship.

When he noticed that Yu Tonghai, Li Chengzhang and Wang Mingjian were fighting together, he already understood that there would be no other changes in this battle.

The Tenglong Navy has two sets of command teams, with Yu Tonghai as the leader and Xue Ping as the assistant. When Yu Tonghai joined the war, Xue Ping took over his command.

The reason why there are two sets of command teams is because in naval battles, the strength of warriors has a great influence on the outcome. The higher the martial arts level, the greater the impact on victory or defeat.

When two ships engage in a boarding battle, it is a battle of life and death. If the difference in strength between the two warlords is too great, the battle will be one-sided.

This is mainly because boarding battles are small-scale battles. When two ships engage in a boarding battle, the number of soldiers on both sides is no more than a thousand, and a martial arts expert is enough to decide the outcome of a small-scale battle.

Therefore, after Yu Tonghai joins the battle, someone must take over the command of the Tenglong Navy. If it is found that the enemy's strength is far superior to Yu Tonghai, Xue Ping will choose to retreat without hesitation.

For example, now, if Wang Mingjian and Li Chengzhang are innate warriors, Xue Ping will not hesitate to abandon Yu Tonghai and retreat.

After confirming that the other party is not an innate warrior, Xue Ping immediately ordered: "The whole army will attack and wipe them out!"

With his order, the Dafu ship led dozens of warships in the rear camp and rushed into the battlefield.

"Kill!"

The soldiers of the Tenglong vanguard jumped onto the enemy's warships like tigers descending from the mountains.

The sailors of Xingyuemen wanted to stop them at first, but as soon as the two sides fought, they discovered an extremely cruel reality.

The difference in individual strength between the two sides was too big.

Most of the sailors of Xingyuemen were just ordinary people, and only the small leaders were warriors.

The soldiers of Tenglongwei were all warriors. Even the worst warriors, as long as they were not too old to stand, it was still easy to beat an ordinary person.

Whether it was individual strength or the cooperation between soldiers, the sailors of Xingyuemen were far inferior to the soldiers of Tenglong Vanguard.

As soon as the boarding battle began, the sailors of Xingyuemen were killed in large numbers.

The battle on most of the boarding warships lasted less than a quarter of an hour and ended. In the end, only the battle on the two big ships of Xingyuemen continued.

Yu Tonghai surrounded Wang Mingjian and Li Chengzhang with twelve guards.

His personal guards were naturally inferior to those around Yang Zhengshan, and even inferior to those of the Yang family, but these twelve personal guards and Yu Tonghai cooperated to entangle Wang Mingjian and Li Chengzhang, two ninth-level warriors, so that they could not participate in other battles and could not change the situation.

The two sides entangled for more than a quarter of an hour, and other battles on the ship gradually stopped. After giving orders, a large number of Tenglong vanguard soldiers gathered.

Wang Mingjian and Li Chengzhang were surrounded.

Yu Tonghai raised his knife to block Li Chengzhang's attack, and retreated several steps at the same time, shouting: "Stop!"

The soldiers retreated from the battle and surrounded Wang Mingjian, Li Chengzhang and several personal followers around them.