The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 255
As the name suggests, Jin Mau Island is shaped like a golden pot, with a roughly circular wide sea surface in the middle, sharp cliffs next to it, and a waterway less than one mile wide at the exit.If you only look at it from the outside, no one would have guessed that there will be a hidden cave inside.

Fan Jinsheng checked the terrain, and laughed vigorously: "Cui Qian is dead!" He immediately blocked the exit, confidently killing Cui Qian and the pirates who followed him.

Cui Qian climbed up to the tall watchtower himself, held up his clairvoyance, and saw Fan Jinsheng's actions clearly. He curled his lips, smiled lightly, and raised his clairvoyance again, looking at the sea farther away.The blue waves on the sea are endless, and the white waves are galloping under the agitation of the sea breeze.

Cui Qian remained motionless until a fiery red sail appeared in his clairvoyance, and then he smiled.

"Fucking his old mother, it's been half a month, and I finally brought him into the pit." Cui Qian put down his clairvoyance, lightly thumped his sore arm from holding the clairvoyance for too long, and slowly went down the watchtower.On Feilu, more than a dozen pirate leaders were looking at him eagerly.Although they were wearing military uniforms such as military commanders and military marquises, their standing postures and expressions on their faces fully revealed their true pirate qualities, forming a completely different contrast with Cui Yan and the others next to them.

"General, can we fight this time?" A one-eyed dragon pirate with a beard asked loudly: "It's too suffocating to be chased by this black monkey. If the general doesn't fight, I will fight." .”

"One-eyed eagle, you are so courageous. If you dare to yell in front of Master Cui, you are not afraid that the wind will flash your tongue?" A pirate with a knife face and wearing a military uniform sneered: "Can you fight, Cui? Grandpa doesn't know what to say, do you want to talk more?"

"Your mother, am I panicking?" The one-eyed eagle snorted dissatisfied: "Since we fought with the general, when have we been chased like this? Why do I feel like I'm back to doing it alone?" when?"

"You still want to do it alone?" Cui Qian grinned and pulled his face, as if smiling, but there was no smile in his eyes.The one-eyed eagle trembled, and shook his head again and again: "General, I didn't mean that, I just said..."

"You mean, my old Cui is incompetent, I was kicked out like a yellow croaker and only knew how to run for my life, right?"

The one-eyed eagle swallowed, losing the courage to refute, shrank his neck, and hid aside.Dao Tiao looked at him proudly, and smiled again: "Master Cui, can't we not fight this time? This is blocked here by people. If we don't give them some strength, we won't be able to get out. what."

"Who said I'm going to run?" Cui Qian's cold eyes swept away, and the smile on his knife face froze, and he felt a little uncomfortable.Cui Qian pointed to the Funan navy who was forming a formation in the distance, and said in a flat tone: "I know, you are frightened by these Funan navy. No wonder, they have 9000 people and more than 100 ships , and we only have 4000 people here, fifty or sixty boats, and our hearts don’t seem to be in harmony, and many brothers don’t seem to have any confidence in me, Old Cui.” He turned his head and glanced at the various pirates. Someone said: "Maybe, there are some of you who are thinking about cutting off my old Cui's head to ask for credit."

"How...how is this possible?" Daotiao said with a dry smile.

"It's okay." Cui Qian waved his hand calmly: "My reminder sign is also to earn a living at sea, and I have done a lot of things behind this back then. You have such thoughts, I don't blame you, let me escape with others for half a month , I will also think about it." He laughed, and many pirates changed their faces when they laughed, "However, my old Cui has not fallen to that point. The Funan navy is here, and everyone is a little guilty. , This is understandable, I don’t want to break my brother, this is also normal. It just so happened that my old Cui also had itchy hands, and it was so easy to catch the big one, so I will not be polite to you. Please stand back a little and look at me Old Cui is here to deal with these Funan sailors, and I ask everyone to appraise whether my killing skills have regressed, whether this knife is good or bad."

When the pirates heard it, although their expressions were different, they all breathed a sigh of relief.Half a month ago, the Funan navy moved in full force. Cui Qian went uncharacteristically and ran away with these pirates. Even Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen couldn't beat him. He ran on the sea for half a month, and now he is blocked here by the Funan navy. , without a bloody battle, you will definitely not be able to get out.Comparing the strengths of the two sides, although the pirates know that Cui Qian's high-rise ship is powerful, but after all, there is only one high-rise ship and more than [-] medium-sized warships here, and they have to face twice the Funan navy. The same victory is indeed hard to say.It's okay to make a fortune with Cui Qian, but you have to think about following Cui Qian to die.In the past half a month, more than half of the pirates who followed Cui Qian to rob had already left. These people still had confidence in Cui Qian, but the difficulties in front of them were too great, so they couldn't help but think about their future.What they were most afraid of was that Cui Qian would push them to the front and let them fight against the Funan Marine Division first. In that case, none of them would survive.

Now that Cui Qian said that they don't need to fight, they are finally relieved. With Cui Qian's strength, even if they can't win, the Funan navy will be in chaos for a while. It will depend on the situation, whether to rush to help Cui Qian or kill him. Whether to ask Cui Qian to claim credit, or not to help each other and find a chance to escape, it's all a choice.

The one-eyed eagle pinched his nose and hesitated for a moment: "General, I will go with you."

Cui Qian glanced at him and grinned: "I appreciate your kindness, but this time, I am old Cui, I am stingy, I want to have a solo meal, and I don't want to share your pie."

The one-eyed eagle didn't say a word, and backed away again.Cui Qian was also not polite, and waved his hands: "Everyone go back to the boat. I will kill the general and capture the flag, old Cui, and I don't have time to chat with you. After I take Fan Jinsheng's head off, I will invite you to eat the monkey head soup."

All the pirates laughed amusedly, and went back to their own ships.Cui Yan looked at the pirates leaving in a hurry, and said worriedly: "Brother, why don't you take them along? We..."

"Are you scared?" Cui Qian scolded immediately, "I still need their help? Are these people the ones who can help?"

Cui Yan muttered a few words, but dared not say any more.Cui Qian lowered his voice and said: "You still don't know the virtues of these people? You can guarantee that they won't fight back if you count on them to go into battle? Then the first battle will be defeated. Wouldn't it damage the morale of our army? Let's talk , These people have always been ruthless, not good. We have been hiding behind, and they will inevitably be dissatisfied. Don't take advantage of today's battle and let them see the strength of our Yue Kingdom Navy. Things will change sooner or later. Fight this battle and let him see how good we are, and they will be more secure in the future."

Cui Yan suddenly realized, nodded in admiration, and said worriedly: "However, the difference in our military strength is too large. Once the battle goes wrong, what will these pirates do if they attack from behind?"

"Hey, you know what a fart." Cui Qian gave a smirk, and cursed: "You only see more than 3000 people here, why don't you think about General Zhuge and General Wei?"

"They're here?" Cui Yan was overjoyed, her eyes lit up immediately.

"If they don't come, how could I enter this dead place?" Cui Qian sneered triumphantly, and cursed viciously: "Fan Jinsheng thought he blocked me, but he didn't think about it. If I don't want to be blocked by him, he just put The intestines are broken, and I can't wait for Lao Tzu's fart to eat. This monkey who has just shed its hair still wants to fight with me. This time, let him be like Fan Zhan, never return, and cut off his head to Fan Man Send it." He turned around and waved his hands vigorously: "Lower the sails, raise the thunderbolt cannon and ballista, raise the racket stick, let the brothers be more energetic, after cleaning up Fan Jinsheng, I will take them to the port of Oe to have fun !"

When Cui Yan and the others heard this, they were full of energy, and everyone got busy with an order.The battle flag was raised on the building ship, the sail was lowered, the sound of "rumbling" sounded, and countless large holes appeared on the originally straight deck. Four Thunderbolt chariots and fifteen giant crossbows slowly rose up. Quickly stand on your post, wind up the string, adjust the direction, adjust the direction, the arrow, the cannon stone, each responsible, orderly, the tall racket stick is also erected, and the heavy iron ball is in mid-air Dangling in the middle, silent and full of murderous intent.The colorful flags waved by the flag soldiers commanded more than 20 medium-sized warships to enter the battle position.

There was a creaking sound in the cabin on the deck, usually two-thirds of the cabin was full of people, 600 soldiers were sitting upright on long benches, naked big He stepped on the deck firmly with his feet, clenched the crank wheel with both hands, pricked up his ears, and listened intently to the command of the team leader.

"Attack!" Cui Qian waved his hand lightly, and the flag soldiers upstairs waved the colorful flags twice in the air, pointed forward obliquely, and the four medium-sized warships started to move, rushed out of the camp, and rushed to Funan on the opposite side. The navy rushed over, and more than a dozen other warships adjusted their formation during the march, separated left and right with the building ship as the center, lined up in a row, and moved forward at a uniform speed.

"accelerate!"

The paddlers of the six hundred soldiers shouted in unison and shook the oars. The back of the boat turned over with snow-white water splashes. The building boat began to accelerate, and slowly rushed to the front, rushing forward with terrifying momentum.

Fan Jinsheng looked at the navy from the Yue Kingdom charging towards him in the distance, and was both relieved and puzzled. What was gratifying was that under his pressure, Cui Qian and the pirates developed fear. The pirates did not dare to continue to confront him, while Cui Qian I didn't dare to use the pirates as forwards anymore, so I could only fight in person.What puzzled him was that he saw a huge ship in the forefront of the Yue State Navy, which was several times larger than the warships on both sides. What kind of ship was it, and why had he never noticed it?

Could it be the kind of grain ship as big as a mountain?But why did the grain ship rush to the front?Why is the shape of this kind of grain transport ship not similar to ordinary grain transport ships, but closer to warships? What are the tall masts on both sides for?
An ominous feeling arose in Fan Jinsheng's heart. The development of the matter was somewhat unexpected. This is the most taboo thing on the battlefield. Without that feeling of confidence, he immediately smelled a hint of danger.

"Go up, get out of the way of the big ship in the middle, and deal with those warships first!" Fan Jinsheng issued an order in time.

The advancing warship immediately separated from the middle, let the building boat in the middle pass, and greeted the warships on both sides.

The two sides advanced at full speed, and the distance between them was getting closer and closer. Fan Jinsheng stared closely at the opposite warship, and the more he looked at it, the more panicked he became. People were shocked, and what made Fan Jinsheng even more uneasy was that the speed of these ships exceeded his imagination. If these ships had escaped at this speed earlier, he would never have been able to catch up with them, and he might have lost their lives long ago. trace.

These ships were at least twice as fast as he knew.

Fan Jinsheng vaguely guessed something, but he still couldn't figure out what kind of weapon the other party had?Even if he was brought over, so what, their strength is still not as good as his, so does he still have reinforcements?Or is this big ship really an invincible weapon that can be used against ten?

Fan Jinsheng thought more and more, but the development of the battle situation did not allow him to think too much. The two sides soon approached within [-] paces. Fan Jinsheng gave an order to let the crossbowmen prepare to shoot, and let the soldiers stand firm for the upcoming collision. And prepare for the subsequent gang fight.

The crossbowmen hid behind the side of the ship, raised the crossbows in their hands, and aimed at the Yue Kingdom navy that was getting closer and closer. The crossbowmen began to string, but the archers just put the arrows on, and they were not in a hurry. The bow is not a crossbow, and they will not draw the bow until before shooting, so as not to waste energy.

Under normal circumstances, 150 steps is the shooting distance of the crossbow, and the archer will start shooting after 150 steps. This shooting mode of different distances was formulated by Fan Man, and it has been proved to be very effective in countless battles.As long as they enter [-] steps, the opponent will be hit continuously, and many opponents have lost most of their combat effectiveness in this wave of blows.

Of course, the soldiers of the Funan Navy dare not be so optimistic in the face of the Yue Kingdom Navy. They are not those vulnerable opponents. It can be seen from the opponent's warships that their strength is not beyond their own. Down.However, the soldiers of the Funan Navy were not nervous. Firstly, the number of Jifang was obviously superior. Secondly, they had been chasing the Yue Kingdom Navy for the past half month, and their morale was very high.

However, the exclamation soon made the Funan navy feel great pressure.

Still two hundred steps away, when the crossbowmen had just raised their crossbows and put their fingers on the crossbow to prepare to shoot, a black shadow suddenly flew up on the opposite warship, and the black shadow shot into the air, tearing apart The whistling sound of the air pierced through the sound of the waves and flew towards them quickly.

Does the opponent have an arrow that can shoot so far?To the astonishment of the soldiers of the Funan navy, the six or seven-foot crossbow arrows flew over a distance of two hundred steps and shot at the stunned Funan soldiers.

"Boom!" With a loud noise, a crossbow arrow shattered the wooden crossbow in a crossbowman's hand, pierced his chest without hindrance, and shot out from his back again, bringing a puff of blood beads, It shot through the lower abdomen of his companion behind him again, and the sharp arrow passed through his body, causing him to retreat a few steps, and finally broke a soldier's thigh, and then stopped.

It wasn't until this time that the empty-handed crossbowman saw the blood spurting from his chest. He widened his eyes, stretched out his hand that was numb from the powerful force of the crossbow bolt, and touched the hole in his chest that suddenly appeared. When he woke up, he couldn't help but let out a scream, staggered two steps, and fell to the ground with a "boom".

The people next to them were terrified by the horror in front of them. In a blink of an eye, there were several gaps in the densely packed crossbowman wall on the side. Most of the soldiers who were shot were killed on the spot, and some were in sharp pain The most horrifying thing was that a soldier's intestines were hooked out by the crossbow arrows, and the intestines were nailed to the deck by the crossbow arrows. As he struggled, he was dragged out one by one, rolling and steaming on the deck. , bleeding, and a foul smell.

In the astonishment of the Funan Navy, the two sides quickly approached, and had reached a distance of 150 steps. However, because the attack power launched by the Yue Kingdom Navy first was too amazing, most of the crossbowmen of the Funan Navy lost the best time to launch. When they came to their senses, the two sides had already reached less than eighty paces.

The warship of the Yue Kingdom advancing at full speed rammed head-on with boundless murderous aura. As the battleship quickly approached, it was a rain of arrows. The arrows on the warship of the Yue Kingdom shot far and fast. The morale of the Funan navy was knocked down, and the deck was even more messy.

"Archery!" Fan Jin was so angry that he raged, drew out his saber, and slashed fiercely on the neck of a soldier who was already stupid. The head rolled out on the deck for a long time, and finally stopped between a pair of legs. , but those eyes could not be closed, and the panic on his face was frozen forever.

The Funan soldiers finally came to their senses and shot arrows at the Yue State navy who was bumping into them head-on, but because many of them were distracted, the power of this rain of arrows was greatly reduced compared with the planned one.

If it was normal, Fan Jinsheng would definitely kill a few more people to stand up and use the fear of death to arouse the fighting spirit of these people, but today he is really not in the mood, the biggest ship on the other side seems to know him, directly bumped into him.When I saw it from a distance, I just thought it was bigger, but when I got close, Fan Jinsheng personally felt the condescending coercion brought by this kind of warship, and watched the tall bow of the ship pressing down like a mountain. For the first time, Fan Jinsheng, who had undergone a life-and-death test, felt fear.

Without giving him much time to think, the building boat that had been aiming at him for a long time rammed head-on.

"boom!"

Fan Jinsheng felt as if he was flying, and lost his sense of balance for a moment. He flew in mid-air, and then fell down on the tilted deck with a "slap", unable to stand up again.His flagship was completely vulnerable to the opponent's huge size. It was thrown back a few feet, and then collided with each other again. This time, the collision was a bit sideways. The unstoppable momentum plowed over, pushing Fan Jinsheng's flagship aside.

"Crack, crack, crack..." The gritty voice kept ringing, and Fan Jinsheng watched helplessly as his flagship, which had gone through countless battles, was squeezed, deformed, cracked, and tilted to one side. Then, he saw several black shadows with The whistling sound smashed down.

"boom!"

There was another loud bang, and one of the two racket sticks that fell at the same time hit the sea water a foot away from the bow of the ship, hitting a water column three feet high, and the sea water hit the boat and sprinkled it. The panic-stricken soldiers on the boat were drenched, and the other stick hit exactly where Fan Jinsheng was standing, and the vertical log of the watchtower was broken in the middle, and the soldiers in the watchtower hugged the wooden post with both hands, The watchtower falls into the sea together.

The battleship let out a series of wailings again, the whole hull sank violently, and then bounced up again by the sea water, and within a moment, it had passed by the building boat, and the hull that was squeezed by the building boat and almost turned over lost its strength. Supported, it fell back in the opposite direction, and then shook violently, and several soldiers who were still in shock were thrown out.

The two sides are one touch away.

Fan Jinsheng firmly grasped a railing, turned his head, and looked at the building boat that was getting farther and farther away, his face pale.At this point in the matter, he could roughly guess what was going on. The incomparably powerful warship in front of him was the kind of warship that looked like a mountain. It was not a grain transport ship at all. The price is the eight thousand sailors.

Fan Jinsheng has fought countless naval battles, but this is the first time he has encountered someone who can tell the winner so quickly. What's more tragic is that he was the one who was defeated.The first wave of collision between the Yue State Navy and the Funan Navy has ended. Fan Jinsheng already knew at a glance that he had suffered a lot from this collision, not to mention that his flagship was a bit beaten in the first round. The opponent's building ship was overturned, and the situation of other warships was not optimistic.The medium-sized warships of the Yue State Navy were only slightly larger than his warships, but their speed was more than twice as fast, and their arrows were shot densely and quickly, and their range was far.Fan Jinsheng watched with his own eyes that the other party first fired a burst of rapid fire, which caught a warship of the Funan Navy on the front by surprise, then rushed up, broke a dozen oars, and then sped away, heading straight for the third echelon behind.

The advantage of the Funan Navy's large number of ships completely lost its effect in front of the speed and crossbow arrows of the Yue Navy. Fan Jinsheng was even more depressed. When the ship collided with the side, the Funan Navy lost a few oars, but the Yue Kingdom Navy was unscathed and the speed remained the same.Fan Jinsheng watched carefully for a long time, only to find that the Yue Kingdom Navy was all out of the water behind the ship.

What kind of ship is this?Fan Jinsheng sat on the flagship that was basically scrapped and could only circle in the water, waiting for the fate of sinking, puzzled.At this moment, he didn't even have time to think how fatal this battle would be to his future.

(End of this chapter)