Volume 10 Chapter 457

Chapter 457

Sun Bing and Xu Yan went to the battle with the determination to die. They led the Feng Kingdom Navy to walk out of the camp carefully and headed to the Zhenjiang Navy Camp opposite.

Xiao Muqing meant to let them take the initiative to attack the Mo Kingdom Navy and catch the enemy by surprise, but they discussed privately and felt that it would be better not to take the initiative to attack. In case the enemy was prepared, wouldn’t they be caught in a trap?

They decided to go to the Zhenjiang Navy Camp on the opposite bank to test it. If the Mo Kingdom Navy was really unprepared and let them reach the other side smoothly, it would be the best. They could take this opportunity to transport their troops and supplies to the other side and complete the instructions given by the king.

Late at night, the sky was clear, the night sky was cloudless, the stars were dotted, and the bright moon was hanging high. Sun and Xu led the fleet to quietly leave the Fengyu Alliance Camp and headed straight to the other side. This crossing of the river was a test, and the fleet was lightly equipped, with no supplies or reinforcements.

On the boat, Sun Bing and Xu Yan looked at the clear and cloudless night sky and the rippling river surface, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. Even God helped them. When people are unlucky, even drinking cold water is a choke. There is a little advantage in not having the cover of the night. They are easy to expose their tracks. Similarly, once the enemy appears, they can also find it in the first time.

Along the way, both of them were worried. Seeing that they were about to reach the middle of the river, they didn't see the enemy's ships yet, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Yan said, "It seems that General Xiao is right. The Mo Kingdom's navy is indeed negligent in its defense."

Sun Bing nodded and said, "If we had known this, you and I should have led the team to attack the enemy."

The two of them were singing the same tune, pretending to regret and sigh, when suddenly, they heard a soldier shouting from the lookout above their heads, "General, there is a Mo Kingdom fleet in the east, heading towards us!"

This shout almost scared Sun Bing and Xu Yan to sit on the deck. The two hurriedly turned around and looked to the east. But after looking up for a while, the two did not see clearly. In the end, Xu Yan hurriedly walked to the mast of the ship and climbed up quickly. When he was in the air, he looked to the east again. Yes, there was a large fleet rushing towards them at full speed on the river in the distance. Although the flags could not be seen clearly, even a fool could guess that it was the Mo Army fleet.

"Prepare for battle! All troops, prepare for battle!" After watching, Xu Yan jumped off the mast and yelled.

As he yelled, the entire main ship was like a pot of boiling water, with people shouting and yelling in unison. At the same time, the signalman of the main ship passed the news of preparing for battle to other ships.

They saw it right, it was the Mo Army Navy that was coming straight to them. Gao Hang had been waiting for the Feng Kingdom Navy to cross the river. If the Feng Army wanted to capture the capital Zhenjiang, it would not be enough to rely on the first batch of troops that crossed the river. It would definitely need backup. Gao Hang calculated it accurately and sent people to keep an eye on the actions of the Feng Kingdom Navy. It can be said that Gao Hang got the news as soon as Sun Bing and Xu Yan led the navy out of the camp, and then he personally led the army to attack.

The ships of the Mo Kingdom were all large ships. Although they were going against the current, they were with the wind and were very fast. Judging from the posture, they were ready to hit them directly.

The bow of the warship was wrapped in iron sheets, and a long hammer was extended out. If it hit the opponent's hull, it could really break a ship in two. At this time, Sun Bing and Xu Yan did not dare to escape, and could only bite the bullet and fight.

The two of them were still quite capable of commanding a naval battle. Although they were panicked, they still commanded hundreds of ships in an orderly manner.

The Feng Kingdom Navy concentrated large ships in the center, with medium and light ships guarding on both sides. All archers went to the deck to prepare rockets, and other soldiers followed them to prepare fireballs and fire caltrops, mainly using fire attacks to attack the enemy.

Generally speaking, ship battles are fire battles, and only fire battles can damage enemy ships to the greatest extent. Soon, the Mo Army's fleet rushed to the front of the Feng Kingdom Navy in a long horizontal formation.

The large ships of both sides were trying to avoid the sharp edge of the other side. If the large ships collided head-on with their bows at the same time, the result would only be a loss for both sides. However, the fleet of the Mo Army was not polite to those medium and light ships and rushed straight into them.

The Mo Army relied on the advantages of huge hulls and solid structures to dare to collide head-on with the ships of the Feng Kingdom, but the medium and light ships of the Feng Kingdom did not dare to collide with the other side. Fortunately, small ships have their own advantages, that is, flexibility and maneuverability. At this time, the medium and light ships of the Feng Army took the initiative to change direction to avoid the trajectory of the enemy ships.

As the two sides came into contact, the ships of both sides crossed each other, and then, arrows were fired at the same time. Now looking at the river surface, rockets are flying and shuttling back and forth, like a scene of meteor showers, which is very beautiful.

However, people in the vortex of fierce fighting had no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery. In order to deal with the arrows from the other side, the archers of both sides retreated at the same time, letting the shield soldiers stand in front. In the field, the crisp sound of arrows hitting the shields came one after another, and it was impossible to tell the number.

Arrow shooting was just the prelude to the naval battle. When the ships of both sides were in a parallel state side by side, both sides used all their hidden skills.

Relatively speaking, the weapons of the Mo country ships were much more and more advanced than those of the Feng country ships. The most powerful one was the slapping pole. The slapping pole was made of wood, with a huge stone hammer on the top, fixed on both sides of the ship. When there was no war, the slapping pole was hoisted high. Once the war started, people let go of the rope, and the stone hammer of the slapping pole would smash down hard. To put it bluntly, the slapping pole was to use the principle of leverage to destroy the enemy's ships to the maximum extent.

In a battle, the Feng Kingdom navy suffered from the slapping pole, but they could not defend themselves at all, unless the Feng Kingdom ships imitated the Mo Kingdom ships and built slapping poles to hit the enemy ships. However, how could the Feng Kingdom navy build one in such a short time?

The stone hammer fixed on the top of the slapping pole fell from mid-air, and the soldiers below could not stop it even if they wanted to. Some shield soldiers subconsciously raised their shields to block it, but after a loud bang, even the shield soldiers could not be seen, and a large round hole more than half a meter wide appeared on the deck.

The fatal thing is that the slapping pole is not a one-time attack weapon, but can be used repeatedly. After the slapping is completed, the Mo soldiers on the other side will pull up the slapping pole with force, and they can also make a second, third... strike until the slapping pole breaks under the heavy load.

Such weapons cannot be borne even by the large ships of the Feng Army. Once the medium and light ships are hit, the result can be imagined.

The Feng army's response was mainly to move closer, throw out the hook, grab the Mo army's ships, and then pull the rope hard to bring the ships of both sides closer together as much as possible, so that the Feng army soldiers could jump directly to the Mo army's ships and engage in close combat with the Mo army.

The Ning people's army has always been good at archery. On the battlefield, they try their best to keep a distance between themselves and the enemy. Now, they are forced to take the initiative to fight hand-to-hand with the enemy. It is not difficult to see the passiveness of the Feng Kingdom Navy when facing the Mo Kingdom fleet.

The battle between the two sides continued endlessly on the river. One ship after another was seriously damaged and slowly sank to the bottom of the river. Most of the sunken ships were from the Feng Kingdom Navy. At this point in the battle, the Feng Kingdom Navy was completely supported by the survival instinct.

Although there were large armies on both sides of Zhenjiang, and although they were close to the battlefield, Feng Kingdom had no other fleets, that is to say, they had no backup to count on. They either drove away the enemy or sank into the river with the ships to feed the fish.

In this situation of a desperate battle with no way out, the Feng Kingdom Navy showed great tenacity. Even Sun Bing and Xu Yan acted as the death squad, leading the way to kill the Mo Army ships, killing as many enemy soldiers as possible, and seizing ships.

Unfortunately, the gap in strength between the two sides could not be made up by determination and fighting spirit. When the Mo Kingdom ships on the Feng Army side began to be sunk one after another, Sun Bing, Xu Yan and even the soldiers of the entire army began to fall into despair.

The main ship where Sun and Xu were located was not sunk, but it was already shaky. The deck was full of wounded soldiers and corpses, the railings were broken, the entire ship was on fire, and even the white sails of the ship were shot like a hornet's nest.

Up to now, there are only more than ten ships left of the more than one hundred ships of the Feng Kingdom, and each of them has been seriously damaged. On the other hand, the Mo Kingdom Navy still has more than a hundred ships, and now it has surrounded the Feng Kingdom Navy.

In terms of the overall strength of both sides, it was not easy for the Feng army to fight like this. Gao Hang also admired the main general of the Feng Kingdom Navy. He raised the flag in his hand high and signaled his soldiers to stop fighting for the time being.

Seeing that the Mo army stopped attacking, the Feng army, which had long been exhausted, finally got a chance to breathe. The surviving soldiers put out the fire and rescued their own soldiers who fell into the water.

Gao Hang, guarded by many Mo generals, walked to the bow and shouted loudly in the direction of the main ship of the Feng army: "Brothers of Feng Kingdom, you have already lost this battle. Now you are surrounded by our army and can't escape. Don't make any more meaningless resistance. Surrendering is your only way to survive."

Surrender? Sun Bing and Xu Yan smiled at each other, but it was just a bitter smile. Up to now, the two of them have lost the spiritual energy that covers their spiritual armor. Their faces and armor are all covered with blood. It is hard to tell whether it is their own or the enemy's. They are in a very embarrassed state.

If they could surrender, why would they have fought to this point? Not to mention that the dignity of a general cannot bear the humiliation of surrender, even if they don't have dignity, can they still ignore the lives of their family members? Their families are all in Feng Country. Once they surrender, none of their family members will be able to escape and will be killed.

Sun Bing looked down at the sword in his hand, made up his mind, gritted his teeth, raised it suddenly, and crossed his neck. He looked at Xu Yan and said, "It seems that you and I are doomed today. We brothers can only... See you in Zhonglie Hall!" As he spoke, he exerted force on his wrist and wanted to slit his neck to commit suicide.