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102. Cannonballs in Qiongzhou (middle)

"Boom!"

After dozens of minutes of a slightly nervous atmosphere, suddenly, a loud noise came from the coast.

Liu Hongyi stood up and said, "The enemy scouts stepped on the landmine at regular intervals!"

Zhao Dongting immediately slapped the table, "General Liu, you can lead the army to the coast and annihilate the enemy!"

"The last general will receive the order!"

Liu Hongyi hurried out of the tent with his fists.

Zhao Dongting looked at the young man in Mai and smiled and said, "The victory is decided at this moment. Can you tell me who you are?"

The Yuan army and the pirates did attack Qiongzhou Island from Puqianwan, which made him very happy and admired the young man in Mai. This guy was like Zhuge Liang's life, and his judgment on the battle situation was unpredictable, which made people feel thrilled.

"Qin Han."

The young man in Mai replied slowly.

However, Zhao Dongting didn't know the name. He just nodded and said, "I will give you another reward when I return to the court with triumph."

The young man in Mai didn't say anything anymore.

On the Yuan army and the pirate commander's ship, Murong Chuan was standing proudly at the bow of the ship, full of energy and murderous intent in his eyes, but at this moment, when he heard the landmines explode and a fire suddenly exploded on the shore, his face could not stop changing slightly.

Even though he was not the general who led the army to fight, he could see that there must be an ambush in the Song army. In other words, their movements have long been under the control of the Song army.

Beside him was a tall Yuan army general wearing pitch-black armor and tassel helmet, but this time he was the commander of the Yuan army sent by Ali Hague to attack Qiongzhou.

Toheti and Ali Hague are both Uyghurs, and are brothers from Ali Hague. They are deeply trusted and important to Ali Hague. He has a high forehead, a straight nose, and a distinct facial features. He is a typical Uyghur look. Seeing the fire, he exclaimed in a low voice, "The Song army is aware of the movements of our army, and ambush here!"

Murong Chuan did not make a decision when he was not in war, but bowed a little and asked, "Thank Marshal Heti, what should we do?"

Now he has only sent dozens of scouts to the island, and he is dead and he doesn't feel distressed.

At this moment, Murong Chuan felt a little relieved.

Tuoheti's deep eyes looked deep into the shore of Qiongzhou Island, pondered for a while, and said, "Mingjin withdrew the troops! The whole army retreated!"

He knew the strength of the Song army on the island. The Song army was ambushed at present. He had 30,000 soldiers and 50,000 pirates under his command, but more than 80,000 people, and it was unlikely that he would forcibly attack the island. Moreover, the combat power of those pirates was far from comparable to that of their Yuan soldiers. Although Ali Hague ordered him to quickly capture Qiongzhou, he also knew that things could not be done and could only find another opportunity.

War is not as simple as fighting in the world. If the Song army had already set its sights on, it would be a death sentence when they rushed forward.

However, before the sound of gold was heard, behind their fleet, endless fire suddenly surged into the sky, illuminating the night.

Dozens of large ships lined up horizontally, and fire filled the front, rushing towards the Yuan army and behind the pirate ship formation.

Tuoheti suddenly turned around and saw the fire, his face looked a little cold, "There are such masters in the Song army who cut off our retreat before the battle."

Murong Chuan looked more anxious than him, "What should we do?"

These tens of thousands of pirates were his last family and his reliance on his turnaround. If it was gone, then Murong Chuan would have no hope in his life.

Tuoheti said gloomyly: "There are only more than 80,000 Song troops in Qiongzhou, and the rest are all restrained by the rioters. I see that they cut off the ship formation of our army's retreat, and the soldiers on the ship should be no less than 20,000. They will not be able to go out in full swing. I expect that even if there are ambushes on the shore, the maximum number of troops will be only 50,000." He slapped the bow railing with both hands, "Beat the drum to advance, the whole army will land on the island, and fight the Song army with decisive battle!"

Murong Chuan stared at the eyes and said anxiously: "Marson, the Song army is ambushing, are we still going to the island?"

Tuoheti said: "The Song army is weak. Even if there is an ambush, our army has a great chance of winning by 80,000 or 50,000! When we land on the island, you will lead your 50,000 soldiers to attack the Song army formation. I will lead the soldiers under my command to resist these Song army who are trying to cut off our retreat. Just wait for our Dayuan Iron Cavalry to launch its formation, those Song army will not be able to withstand the charge of our iron cavalry. When the road is broken, the Song army will be destroyed. Our army can attack and retreat and defend, and we will have a complete grasp of the opportunity to win!"

When Murong Chuan heard this, he felt a little bitter in his heart.

He was not a fool, he knew that Tuoheti asked him to lead people to the island to attack the Song army, and wanted his people to be targets.

However, if he wanted to enter the Yuan Dynasty, he would have to rely on Ali Hague. Even though he knew he was being used, what would he do?

He turned around and shouted to the pirate leaders who were waiting for the orders behind him: "You will lead your brothers to the island and repel the Song army. Wealth is expected!"

For these pirates, the biggest temptation is money, status and beauty.

When they heard that wealth was expected, the desires of these pirates were seduced, and their eyes were filled with ruthlessness and they all took their orders.

They don’t care whether the Song army has any ambush. For them, even if their brothers are dead, it is worth it to be able to win their wealth and glory. But they are smarter and think that they will not be able to rush forward with their brothers after waiting.

Soon, nearly a thousand pirate warships of various types of Yuan army and pirates sailed towards the Qiongzhou coast.

The 20,000 Qiongzhou Army that was pressed up from behind was blocked by the Yuan army's warships, and it could not affect the warships ahead for a while.

On the warships of the two armies, rockets shot at each other overwhelmingly, like fireworks everywhere.

Hundreds of people on the battleship were pulling ropes and shouting loudly. Huge fire bombs roared towards the other party's ship formation.

In this regard, the Yuan army had the advantage. Their Hui artillery was indeed powerful, with a range that was farther than that of the Song army's catapults.

Zhao and Luo personally took charge of the army with the cut off the rear, and kept shouting, allowing the fleet to keep moving forward.

The sound of drums and horns sway in the sea breeze.

His commander's warship was shot by the Yuan army's fire, shaking unsteadily, and the flames spread out instantly.

"Extinguish the fire!"

"Extinguish the fire!"

The soldiers shouted and hurriedly held a bucket from the boat board to save the fire.

Strokes fell to the ground one after another.

Zhao and Luo stood at the bow of the boat, not letting go, and their eyes widened.

Hundreds of shield soldiers in front of him steadily laid shields half a man high on the board, blocking the rockets that were shooting at them.

Behind were densely packed with archers, who used rockets to shoot back the Yuan army warships.

The pirates used the old method they used when they robbed. Thousands of small boats were put down from large ships and rushed to the coast at an extremely fast speed.

Of course, Murong Chuan would not rush up by himself stupidly, and then just stayed on Toheti's handsome boat.

On the coast of Qiongzhou, endless Song soldiers rushed out of the forest, led by hundreds of catapults.

All the military formations stopped in front of the beach. The soldiers holding the order flag received a gesture from the commander. The order flag pointed directly in front of him and shouted loudly: "Craft!"

The drum sounds are rhythmic and dull.

Dong.

Dongdongdongdongdong.

Dong.

"Hey ha!"

"Hey ha!"

The soldiers who were pulling the reins worked together to pull the reins to the end.

The drums fell, hundreds of catapults chariots lined up along the coast trembled, and hundreds of fire bombs shot out of the stone nest and shot towards the pirates' boats.

Behind the catapult cart are shield soldiers. Behind the shield soldiers, spearmen and archers are arranged in a cross-arrangement, waiting for the formation.

Liu Hongyi stood in the army with a horse, holding a big knife in his right hand and a telescope in his left hand, looking at the pirate boat formation from afar.

"good!"

Suddenly, he shouted loudly.

On the sea, many pirate boats were hit by fire bombs and immediately shattered and countless pirates fell into the water.

In the surging waves tonight, even though these pirates have excellent water properties, many of them are swallowed by the waves, and some are even knocked out by their own ships, slowly sinking with the debris of the ships.

However, these pirates were also fierce soldiers, and they were still rushing towards the shore with fire bombs.

Behind them were a large ship of hundreds of pirates, with the canvas on the masts of the ship being blown extremely by the wind and moving very fast.

Behind the Southern Song army formation, Zhao Dongting, Le Wu and others were protected by the Eight Hundred Flying Dragon Army.

Zhao Da and Zhao Hu brothers were itchy and eager to try, and asked, "Master, when will we rush forward?"

Such scenes always arouse the passion of passionate men.

Only explain that if you die on the battlefield, why do you need to return the body by tying a horse?

Zhao Dongting waved his hand, but said, "Wait a minute, these are all small characters, and it's not worth our use of the Dragon Cannon."

Zhao Da and Zhao Hu had to continue to endure, but their hands were trembling slightly with excitement. Neither of them had ever been on the serious battlefield.

Finally, a short time later, the pirates boarded the Qiongzhou coast with fire bombs.

Most of them did not have armor and were dressed in various ways. Most of them were civilian uniforms, holding various weapons, shouting and rushing towards the Southern Song army formation.

In fact, many of these pirates were people who originally lived on the island. They licked blood when they were buying and selling, and when they didn't buy and sell, they also went to the fields to farm, which was no different from ordinary people.

Zhao Dongting used a telescope to see the pirate ship getting closer and closer, and finally waved, "Let's go!"
Chapter completed!
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