twin moon

Chapter 176 No.20 Act Three The Return of the Prince Six

The rain and fog gradually thickened, the stars dimmed, and the double moons in the sky turned into two blurred light clusters, one big and one small.In the dead silence, only the sound of the surging sea can be heard.Waves hit the ship one after another, breaking into balls of white foam.The silver-gray moonlight shone on the top of the waves, giving off a chilling light.

The waves, which were as high as a person, surged more and more densely, causing the ship to violently bump.Standing at the bow of the boat, the young man in white bowed his knees slightly, as steady as a rock.

Right now, the warships under Qi Ziyin's command have lined up on the sea.Hong Ge giant ships, continuous.The fleet of the Kingdom of Ye, which sailed from below the sea level at first, was completely submerged in the moisture in front of it at this moment, and it was only possible to roughly distinguish the opponent's position from the dim yellow lights lit on several ships.

The young young master reached out and wiped the salty water vapor on his face, stared forward and said firmly:

"Uncle Wang must be in the opposite fleet at this moment!"

"How can you be sure?"

Standing behind, Leng Jiayun couldn't help asking.At this moment, she has already removed the beautiful makeup on her face.Although he couldn't bear Ye Kingdom's heavy Xuanjia, he changed into a black military uniform with cuffs and trousers, and even tied his hair behind his head in a manly bun, adding a bit of heroism.

Including the young man and the woman, everyone on the ship tied a piece of white silk on their left arm, in order to distinguish them from the army of Ye Kingdom who also wore black armor.

"Uncle Wang has always regarded my nephew as a weak and incompetent waste, and he has never put me in his eyes. At this time, he is arrogant as the lord of Ye Kingdom, and he must feel that I have more than a hundred ships under my command. There is absolutely no chance of the elite battleship winning. I am afraid that at this moment, he and his group of advisers are thinking about how to punish me for a while."

Although Qi Ziyin's tone was flat, he still creaked the cable in his hand.

Dongli woman also hated her teeth itching.As for the enemy who framed Xiang Baili, she wished she could send him to hell with her own hands now:

"Qi Shouyu, an insidious bastard, has always acted like a villain! When we defeat the main force of Ye Kingdom in one fell swoop, he will know that he has offended the worst person!"

"Will you defeat the main force of the Kingdom of Ye... Right now, Uncle Wang has sharp weapons such as firebolts and cannons in his hands. We must not underestimate the enemy!"

"Ziyin, don't worry, Baili's heroic soul will bless us in the sky. We will definitely win this city today!"

The decisive battle was imminent, and Leng Jiayun clearly knew that the young man who was the commander hadn't closed his eyes all night.She also understood that the worries in Qi Ziyin's heart were not superfluous.However, she still stroked the other person's back with her hands, comforting him.

The enemy fleet obviously did not intend to wait any longer.Even under the thick sea fog, shooting accuracy has long been out of the question, but those orange-red lights in the night are still approaching at an accelerated speed while taking advantage of the night!
"Send me an order, all ships move forward with full sail and maintain formation!"

Qi Ziyin raised Yinya in his hand, turned his head and gave the order to fight.The cold light on the blade is like snow, like a road sign on the bow of a ship.At this moment, he has no escape route to speak of.

The warship with its sails raised seemed to have wings, and it rushed forward, causing everyone on board to lean back involuntarily.It wasn't until this time that the boy in white turned around and smiled at the woman behind him for the first time in days:
"Sister Jia, you are right. We must and will win this time. Because only by defeating Uncle Wang can we rectify the name of General Baili and prove to all the wronged souls!"

At the same time, Qi Shouyu was leaning on a large couch specially brought aboard on the top of the towering command platform of the flagship of Ye Kingdom, listening to the commander of the fleet at the side report the battle situation with a dignified expression.There was also a canopy propped on the couch, and at this moment the whole ship was above and below it, only the Zhangxu land below it was not wet by the pouring rain.

"Show the king. According to the report from the front patrol, there are about a hundred warships in the enemy army, which is not much different from what Zhuo Xianfeng said before. However, if these ships are really as Zhuo Xianfeng said, it was a few years ago If the elite boat masters who went out to sea to conquer the pirates really come to their hands later on, we will be able to defend more with less, and it will be difficult..."

In the middle of speaking, the commander suddenly felt that his words were inappropriate, and his voice gradually became quieter.Ye Guogong, who had been keeping his eyes closed all this time, suddenly opened his left eye a little, and looked up and down at the general in front of him:

"Could it be that you want to say that our army equipped with firebolt guns may not be the rebellious opponents on the opposite side? You are so courageous, how dare you increase the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige!"

These words were not very loud, and there was no obvious sullen tone in the tone, but the commander in front of him was still frightened and immediately knelt down:
"What the lord said is very true! Our army is well-equipped, how can it be matched by those stragglers who have been wandering for many years!"

Qi Shouyu snorted heavily, and stood up from the spacious couch: "The widow's order is issued, and the lights are immediately issued, so that the whole ship will rush into the enemy's formation with full sail, and they will be caught off guard!"

The commander kneeling on the ground changed his complexion, and hurriedly persuaded: "Master! The enemy army has not yet entered our range, and the formation used is even more difficult to distinguish. If you attack it rashly at this time, you may fall into the trap set by those rebels." A trap. I implore the lord of the country for the time being, and wait until the sea fog clears before making a plan!"

Right now, there are only more than [-] large and small ships following Qi Shouyu, and [-]% of them are old warships that were not damaged by the Qingyao cavalry during the Chengye battle.Although the ship is equipped with a large number of fire bolts and artillery, for the soldiers who have just experienced bloody battles not long ago, they don't want to fight anymore, and they are exhausted.

Ye Guogong did not reprimand the other party again, but narrowed his eyes and walked slowly behind the other party: "Let me ask you, is there anyone in the current Ye State fleet who has not received weapons and armor?"

"I would like to report to the lord that before going to sea, the general will order it personally. All the soldiers have been issued black armor and helmets. The soldiers and weapons are distributed according to the standard of one gun, one knife and one shield. No one is short."

Facing the king's questioning, the commander just knelt on the ground and lowered his head.

"Then, are there still people in the army who have not mastered the use of firebolts and artillery?"

"Before going out to sea, the last general ordered people to train urgently for several days. Now, although he can't achieve perfect shooting, he has mastered the shooting skills proficiently, and he dare not slack off."

"Then why do you disobey the widow's orders again and again, passively attack, and shake the morale of the army!"

No one would have thought that just as Qi Shouyu finished speaking, he suddenly pulled out the saber from his waist, and chopped off the commander's head from his neck in public.

The head of the man wearing the helmet rolled far away on the deck, with a trace of astonishment and endless regret in his expression, which attracted the soldiers lined up on both sides of the podium to look sideways.What's more, this newly appointed commander is also the hero who led the army to stop the invasion of Chengguo in Huxieping.However, having experienced many battles, he did not die in front of the powerful enemy as he wished, but died under the knife of his own people.

It is a big taboo for military strategists to change generals just before the battle, but now the position of commander is just a vacant position to pass orders for the king.After Qi Shouyu killed someone, he casually pointed to a trembling captain standing beside him in the rain and said:

"From now on, you will take over the position of the Commander. If you do well, you will be promoted to the title!"

"Subordinates have orders and dare not violate them!"

The lieutenant knelt down immediately, with beads of sweat dripping from the tip of his nose to his feet, then he took out the tiger amulet from the corpse, and gave orders to the ships to attack with lights.

"Back when the widow led a team to fight against the bandits, Qi Ziyin's rebellion hadn't yet been born! Now even if he leads a hundred ships, he's still just a yellow-mouthed kid. What a shame!"

Ye Guogong gritted his teeth and said viciously, he didn't know whether he was speaking to the soldiers around him or to himself.

After all, right now he is the nominal ruler of Ye Kingdom, representing the orthodoxy of Qi's bloodline.And all this is due to its careful arrangement and planning over the past decades.If it wasn't for that Chengguo's Yin Qujian who didn't know the current affairs stepped in, even if there were ten more Qi Ziyins, they would never be his opponents.

Now in Qi Shouyu's eyes, his fateful nephew is just a kid who has never led an army into battle, so what if he has learned the art of war from Baili for a few years?The person who should be afraid at this time should be the other party, but definitely not yourself!

The sea wind was strong, the sails were bulging, and the huge pointed-bottomed ship galloped towards the depths of the mist like a giant whale patrolling in the sea.Soon, the officers and men on the State of Ye could vaguely see the two-color flags of the sea falcon and the white whale hoisted by Qi Ziyin's fleet on the opposite side, and the large and small artillery and bolt guns on the ship also turned their directions one after another, aiming at the two forwards of the opponent's forward. The shadows of more than ten ships.

However, what makes people puzzled is that even though they saw the Ye State boat master approaching at full speed, the fleet under Qi Ziyin's command did not make any preparations for battle. Moving forward in the sea at a leisurely pace.

The commander who had just taken office did not dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered all the artillery to launch a salvo.In the rush of horns, the roar of cannons was deafening.In the sky full of gunpowder smoke and dazzling white light, countless iron projectiles weighing hundreds of catties whizzed out, and shot straight at the vital points of the opposite ship.

However, even under such a deadly attack, Qi Ziyin's fleet still failed to respond.What is even more puzzling is that after a salvo, the iron bullets fired seemed to have been swallowed up by the opponent's ship, leaving no trace.On the other hand, none of the more than twenty ships in the vanguard battalion approaching was sunk, and even after being shot, there was no sign of slowing down.

"The front ship retreats, the rear ship aims at the enemy's mast, and shoots again!"

The commander turned around and glanced at the silent lord, but it was hard to suppress the uneasiness in his heart, so he hurriedly ordered to deal with it.But those ships flying the double flags of sea falcons and white whales have already sailed to a place less than half a mile away from Ye Guo's boat master in the blink of an eye!

The warship of Ye State, headed by the flagship, poured all the iron bullets in the artillery towards the opponent again.The dense raindrops pulled out golden bright lines in the rising and falling flames.But this time, the more than twenty ships under Qi Ziyin's command were finally shot one after another, and the mainsail hanging high on the mast broke and capsized under the heavy blow, and fell into the sea.Even the originally intact hull below was shattered in an instant, turning into indistinguishable fragments of large and small sizes, scattered on the pitch-black sea.

"Send someone quickly to see what kind of weird things are hiding on those boats opposite!"

Qi Shouyu, who was full of arrogance, also realized that something was wrong, and couldn't help becoming a little nervous.He walked quickly to the side of the ship, firmly grasped the animal head carved on the railing with both hands, stretched his neck and looked towards the bow of the ship.Soon, several pieces of messy and dilapidated wreckage drifted along the current to the sides of the flagship under its feet.It wasn't until this time that the soldiers of Ye Kingdom discovered that the ships they had always thought to be the vanguard of the enemy army were actually dozens of fishermen's boats only two or three feet long!

These small boats are the favorite of fishermen along the coast of Ye Kingdom.Although the boat is not big, it can maintain a good stability in the wind and waves because of the driftwood on the left and right sides.Qi Ziyin took advantage of this and ordered people to disguise the appearance of a huge warship on the boat with bamboo sticks, wooden strips and cloth curtains. He successfully deceived everyone's eyes by taking advantage of the night and thick fog!
"Reload quickly, don't let the opponent bully you!"

Qi Shouyu finally realized that he had been tricked, fearing that those small boats were vehicles for the opponent's fire attack, he rushed into the rain curtain and ordered the whole ship to reload.However, it is quite time-consuming to load the artillery, and how can it be ready in a short time.

A wave hit the face, and the salty seawater rushed to the deck, making it difficult for people to keep their balance.The chunky king could not help but sway back and forth.The fleet under its command completely lost its preemptive advantage in the blink of an eye.

"Enemy, the main force of the enemy has appeared!"

Accompanied by the exclamation of a soldier on the starboard side, everyone on the flagship turned their heads to look, but saw several warships equipped with rams appearing on their side without warning.Previously, their attention was all attracted by the bait in front of the bow, and they never thought that the other party would be able to attack east and west in such a severe storm and accurately launch a surprise attack!

But even so, the arrogance in his heart and his disdain for his nephew still made Qi Shouyu's decision-making seriously deviated.Regardless of the fact that his whole body was drenched by the rain, he snatched the command flag from the commander beside him, gathered all his strength and ordered to the soldiers on board:
"The reason why the enemy uses such cunning tricks is because they are afraid of the powerful firearms on our ship! They are seeking death by rushing forward like this! Turn, turn! Just one more volley will wipe out all the rebels here!"

Some soldiers who were at a loss finally returned to their positions amidst the lord's roar, and worked together to turn the huge ship.But how could all the more than sixty friendless warships turn around in a short period of time?Not long after Qi Shouyu issued the order, Qi Ziyin's fleet had already arrived with the wind, killing them close!

There were only a few loud bangs, and the hard ram slammed into the starboard sides of more than ten warships that hadn't turned around outside the Ye kingdom's fleet.The hull below the waterline of the ship was immediately knocked out of a hole more than ten feet wide.After being injured, the forward speed of the warship also slowed down significantly, and several ships even began to sink in water.

Qi Shouyu's face gradually turned pale.Because he was watching a large ship in his nephew's fleet speed up again, passing through the gaps between his own warships at an unrivaled speed, and heading straight for the flagship under his feet!
The chunky lord hurriedly pushed away the sailors in front of the rudder, and swung the steering wheel to the left as far as it could go.Experienced sailors know that turning sharply in such a violent storm is very likely to cause the ship to capsize, but at this time, Duke Ye has no better choice.

Ye State's flagship suddenly tilted sideways on a huge rising wave, and even threw many soldiers on the ship who were unable to hold on to the cables and flew out.But it turns out that Qi Shouyu was right once.In the blink of an eye, two almost unavoidable warships passed by each other, and the planks on the sides collided with each other, rubbing "bang bang", but finally the flagship of Ye Kingdom escaped a fatal blow.

And on the commanding platform of the incoming ship, Qi Shouyu's gaze clearly caught sight of a young man in plain clothes with golden eyes, standing upright against the wind, motionless as a pine tree!

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