"Ma's Staff..."

"Spread coins!"

Zheng Sen stood there, his heart was out of control.

The flags of the Southern Barbarian Ruan tribes were flying high above the head of the city of Hue, and there were also flags on the fortresses outside the city.

The turbulent oil tank was constantly throwing like hail, and clusters of fire on the river surface kept igniting, breaking the boat's wooden boards, masts, canvas, and the terrifying turbulent oil.

Black oil, known as water and fire, spread the river, and a gunboat that was ahead was ignited, fireworks rose, thick smoke filled the air, and soldiers screamed.

The sudden change left the fleet in extreme panic.

The water and fire that can burn on water is an extremely powerful fire-driven thing. As early as the Song Dynasty, there were records of oil utilization in the Central Plains. These black oils used from the ground can not only burn for heating and rice, but also be used as medicine. There are many natural crude oil, asphalt, etc. on the archipelago in Southeast Asia.

No one expected that Ruan actually hid such a fierce killer move.

They used hundreds of ships to lure the battleships of the Royal Navy of Han to bombard the warships. The navy, who were just proud, found that the intact Ruan warships were not scary. What was really scary were the broken ships that had turned into debris and blocked the entire river.

On the battleship Zhou Yafu, Liu Jian stood on the deck of the stern, his face pale and his hands were tightly pinching.

Captain Scar was sweating profusely at this time. The terrifying scene of the rising fire on the entire river burning made him unable to help but tremble.

The entire fleet was already very close to the Ruan family ships in order to bombard all their strength.

Fire is flowing downstream.

Scar no longer thought about how to fire the naval guns to open the city of Hue. All he thought about was how to evacuate the burning river as soon as possible.

"Retreat, move aside later, let the main warship retreat first!"

The Li Ling and Ma Yuan also turned around in a hurry.

Now the entire fleet is within the range of those terrible water and fire tanks. Fortunately, the further back, the less attacks they will be received, and there are not so many broken ship fragments behind them.

Six cruisers were also retreating rapidly.

The bigger the ship, the more inconvenient it is to move, the more anxious it is to retreat, the more chaotic it becomes.

The Xianghe River is forty or fifty feet wide. If it were normal, it would naturally be quite wide. However, dozens of boats gathered here and turned around in a hurry, but it seemed extremely narrow.

"Captain Wang." Liu Jian came to Scar, "Our offense failed. The Nanman is too sinister. We must evacuate here immediately now."

Scar had already taken off the pair of pretending sunglasses and held the telescope in his hand. At this time, he couldn't help but complain about Liu Jian. If he hadn't repeatedly asked for a ship to come to the city, this kind of terrible situation wouldn't have happened like this now.

"Master Fuxian, the last general is commanding the fleet to retreat."

"It's too slow, so we can't retreat at all. Now the wind direction is very unfavorable to us. The fire on the river is getting bigger and bigger. At this time, we can only abandon the patrol boats and patrol boats behind the hall, block the fire-breaking ships drifting down, and free the main battleships and cruisers out of the channel, so that the main battleships can retreat first, and when necessary, those frigates can also be behind the hall." Liu Jian shouted loudly.

The sound of cannons rumbled.

Wang Daoba was stunned, and the scar on his face became red and purple.

"Don't hesitate, do you want the entire squadron to be wiped out here?"

Wang Daoba could not afford such a result, and Liu Jian could not afford such a result. There were three battleships, six cruisers, ten frigates, more than twenty gunboats, more than ten transport ships, more than forty or fifty ships, and more than one thousand artillery pieces.

This squadron is equivalent to one-third of the power of the Royal Navy's Sixth Fleet. If it is destroyed on Xianghe, no one can bear the consequences.

The cannons on the fort also began to show their power and joined the sequence of hitting the dogs. But the warships of the Han army turned around in panic to avoid the broken ships and debris burning downstream.

He had strong force, but at this time he was busy and could only be beaten but could not fight back.

Scar had also expected that the Ruan army would attack fire and attack ships downstream, but they underestimated their opponents. Hundreds of wooden ships were given to the Han army to smash, and there was no expectation that there would be more powerful water and fire. This thing could burn directly on the river surface, which was much more powerful than ordinary fire attack ships.

The shells and water tanks hit the fleet on the river like rainboats.

The Jurchen soldiers of the Jianzhou Legion stood on the shore in a daze, not knowing whether to attack or retreat at this time.

But as planned, they had to wait until the warships destroyed the fortresses outside the city and then went straight to the city. When the artillery fire suppressed the firepower on the city, they would attack under the cover of artillery. At that time, the firepower of the field artillery battalion would still be supported by the field artillery battalion, but now the warships cannot protect themselves in the river, and the Marine Corps' field artillery battalion will not be in place.

Facing the city walls that were more than two meters high and the small fortress and turrets standing outside the city like nails, they rushed forward with their muskets and iron armor?

The Jurchens are not stupid, and no one will use their flesh and blood to hit the fortress like this.

"Retreat, cover the fleet's retreat!"

Without too long hesitation, the Jurchen generals finally issued an order to retreat.

Finally, some comfort to the Shanghai army, which was the dire straits in the river, was that the Jurchens ran away without leaving them. They maintained their formation and slowly retreated, protecting both sides of the river and covering the fleet.

Zheng Sen and his Marine Corps also issued an order to retreat. It was meaningless to talk about attacks at this time. They had to be careful to prevent the Ruan people from taking the opportunity to break out of the city. There were elephant army, horse army, and musketeers in the city of Hue.

The soldiers on gunboats, patrol boats and even frigates showed the excellent qualities of the Imperial Royal Navy. Although countless fired ships and sailed upstream, when the flagships sent orders to take charge of the rear of the palace, most of the soldiers just cursed and turned around and bombarded the broken ships, and even fought back the cannons on the shore to fight for the main warships to turn around and retreat.

The southern barbarians on the city of Hue saw the Han army retreating in a panic, and finally made a burst of pride.

With the sound of whimpering horns, the gate of Hue City opened and the Nanman came out.

At the front was the elephant army, which consisted of thousands of elephants was extremely huge. Following them were the horse army and then the infantry.

Zheng Sen saw from the telescope that among the Southern Barbarian infantry following the Elephant Horse Army, there were many red-haired and yellow-haired Western Barbarians, with a large number of them, probably two or three thousand. Without asking, they must be the Western Barbarians mercenaries in Hue.

The military strength shown by Hue City is far beyond the expectations of the Han army.

Although the information about the size of the Nguyen Nguyen clan in Guangnan had been informed of them a long time ago, they did not really take the so-called tens of thousands of troops seriously. In their eyes, the Guangnan Army was just the Southern Barbarians and some natives. Even if they bought guns and cannons from the Western barbarians, they would probably be the combat effectiveness of the Ming officers a few years ago.

The muddy road had no effect on the elephant at all. The huge elephant hooves trampled across the muddy road and splashed water. The cavalry followed closely behind, shouting wildly, as if they had regarded the Han army as a dog that fell into the water and were ready to beat them.

Regarding the arrogance of the Southern Barbarians, the Jianzhou Jurchen generals and the Marine Corps officers all ordered the retreat to continue.

"This is a hang and fight them!"

A right soldier was holding a rifle and looked at the running barbarian angrily.

Zheng Sen continued to retreat without hesitation, and said, "Of course we have to fight, but not now. We are too close to the city and fortress of the Southern Barbarians, and it is not good for us to fight. Let's retreat a few more miles eastward and wait for them to catch up, and we will do it with them. Then don't hesitate if you are ruthless."

"I still think that military merits are a thrust? I'm going to give you a reward? As long as they dare to chase you, I will definitely shoot and kill ten or eight of him at that time."

Zheng Sen was like everyone else, and he was very upset in his heart. Especially Zheng Sen, who had strongly opposed Liu Jian's combat plan, but now something happened finally. He was not happy, but just angry.

The Han army, which had powerful force, suffered such a big loss under the Southern Barbarians, was simply a great humiliation, and this would be a great shame to suppress him for the rest of his life in the future.

The nine main warships were still slowly turning around. Four or five ships in front of them were either hit by artillery or ignited by fire downstream.

The black oil fire is difficult to extinguish, but it is very easy to spread. If it is touched a little, it can burn quickly. Even if the gunboat smashes the broken ships, the dispersed broken ship boards still contain burning water and fire.

Water and fire, like black water, can burn on water.

In order to protect the nine main battleships, four of the ten frigates took the initiative to stay and joined the team behind the palace.

The battle elephant looks extremely bulky, but in fact it runs very quickly.

Thousands of war elephants rushed over, with elephants, horses, infantry, and at least 30,000 barbarians killed them.

"Can't retreat anymore, hurry up, retreat to that slope and build an artillery position. Let's fight with him." A general of the Marine Corps looked at the fierce offensive of the barbarians and immediately shouted, asking him to send orders to the Jurchen generals and let them cooperate and turn around to meet the enemy.

The fleet has not yet evacuated from the dangerous area. They are now leaving the fleet behind and retreating alone. The river bank will fall into the hands of the barbarians. At that time, there will be water and fire down the river, and there will be rockets from the southern barbarian army on the shore, so the fleet will become more and more dangerous.

Moreover, it is not a big deal for them to retreat blindly, the barbarian army's pursuit is too fast.

Neither the Marine Corps nor the Jianzhou Army had heavy artillery. Their heavy artillery was on the transport ships behind the fleet. At this time, they only had some light mountain dungeons in their hands. These cannons were just light support firepower of the Han army. But now they didn't care about this. The Marine Corps and the Jianzhou Army both retreated to the low hill on the shore. The mountain dungeons in the hands of the two men gathered together. They were originally used as a platoon of firepower, and they all gathered together and quickly built an artillery position.

Fortunately, these mountain dredges are not heavy, they are carried directly on horses, and they do not need to tow the cannon truck, and they are split and assembled quickly.

"Company Commander, another frigate caught fire!"

A soldier from the Land Warfare Company stood on the hillside, pointing to the frigate with the entire mast and sail burning on the river not far away.

Zheng Sen only glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze, and another warship was gone.
Chapter completed!