The "Battle of Ships and Masts" was a naval battle fought by the Great Eaters against the Eastern Roman Empire in their early years. The newly established first naval division of the Great Eaters achieved an overwhelming victory in that naval battle.
Although its warships have no tactics to speak of, they rely entirely on their numerical superiority and the use of powerful hooks to hook the enemy's warships, and then use the method of gathering their own warships to forcibly board the enemy's warships. The ships engaged in hand-to-hand combat, thus turning a naval battle into a close-quarters land battle.
No matter how undesirable the method was, it is undeniable that this victory played an extremely important role for the newly established navy, which more than doubled its confidence and naturally made a leap in combat power. Like an improvement.
This battle also plunged the Eastern Roman Empire into greater panic. If it were not for the internal strife between Saleh's father and another political opponent due to domestic power struggles, it would have given the Eastern Roman Empire a breather. opportunity, history may be rewritten again.
Therefore, Busr never paid attention to the two huge warships of the Tang Dynasty from the beginning. In his opinion, they were just bigger than the warships of the Food Kingdom, and they did not pose any threat to him at all. After getting close, Prince Saleh was not allowed to slaughter him at will.
But the reality is often cruel. Standing on the deck of the dilapidated warship, Buser looked at the sea with tears in his eyes, and saw his men crying for their fathers and mothers, struggling in the water, and there were also scattered, The densely packed broken decks floating on the sea couldn't believe that everything that just happened in front of them was real.
Everything was like a dream. Even in a dream, he never thought that he would be defeated so quickly, so helpless to fight back. Before he even understood what was happening, bursts of thunderous sounds started. It sounded among the warships he led.
With every ray of fire rising, there must be a frightening sound of thunder, and then his warship started to make painful sounds like paper, and finally scattered on the sea, all the soldiers Amidst the screams, one by one fell into the sea.
In the distance, Datang's two warships were like huge whales in the sea, standing quietly on the sea, looking at their few remaining warships with open mouths, always ready to devour these remaining soldiers. .
Saleh stood angrily on the deck of the Qinglong, looking at Li Hong who was picking his teeth with a toothpick in his hand, and shouted angrily: "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Is this your Tang Dynasty etiquette? This is you Is this the courtesy of a prince? Are you willing to cooperate with me?"
"What you said is wrong. It was your navy who took the lead in attacking. Look, there is still your iron hook mark on the string of my boat. If you hadn't struck first, I, a polite and etiquette person like me, Why are you fighting back? You should ask your navy general if he is blind and wants to rob our warship." Li Hong said leisurely while picking his teeth.
Next to him, Hua Meng was respectfully holding a well-made purple clay teapot, which had just been brewed for His Highness the Crown Prince. His Highness liked to have such a pot of tea after a meal.
"I... Li Hong, you are making a naked demonstration against us. You are declaring war! Do you want to renege on the war agreement that just stopped?" Saleh looked at the leisurely Li Hong angrily. He threw the toothpick in his hand into the sea, then took the precious teapot from his eunuch's hand, and drank leisurely and relaxedly while facing the spout.
"As you said, I traveled thousands of miles across the sea to come here just for the friendship and peace between our two countries. Why would I want to regret it? It's you who want to regret it. You said so in your letter... "
Saleh was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. He originally wanted to give him a blow, but he didn't expect that in the end, with just two warships, he defeated his own navy and almost wiped out the entire army.
"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you." Saleh pointed fiercely at the sailors on the sea who were still calling for help, as well as the decks and hulls full of holes that looked like broken wood. He yelled again with his fingers trembling with anger: "For the sake of peace and friendship, you will throw them all into the sea? Is this your peace and friendship?"
"They were the ones who made the first move. They were rude, so why should I be polite to them? Do you really think that I, Li Hong, will be easy to bully when I enter your territory? Don't be angry. I probably haven't eaten yet? Come on, come on, There's still some leftover chicken soup in the cabin. Why don't you fill it up first? Besides, since you're a sailor, you won't drown if you fall into the sea. At most, you can just swim back to the shore. This place is so far away from you. Kecheng is not far away, right?" Li Hong put his arm around Saleh's shoulders affectionately and walked toward the cabin as he spoke.
Reluctant Saleh had no choice but to do anything when he met such a two-skinned man, and only then did Shi Yeyue's objections begin to ring in his heart.
Yeyue warned him not to think about giving Li Hong a showdown at sea. If he fails to do so, all he will lose is my Dashi's face.
At that time, he didn't take it seriously. He also said that Yeyue's elbows were turned outwards, which would destroy his own prestige because of other people's ambitions. He didn't agree with what Yeyue said. The navy of the Tang Dynasty was much stronger than that of Dashi.
Now faced with such a result, in addition to helplessness and anger, Saleh also felt a little bit lucky. Fortunately, the war with the Tang Dynasty has now been fully ceased. If the war continues, others will seize his nest from the sea. , but it’s a big joke.
But what made Saleh angry was that before the nearly fifty warships could get completely close to him, they were beaten almost completely by two warships of the Tang Dynasty in less than half an hour. The army was destroyed.
This made him deeply suspicious of the idea that the Great Water Master was invincible.
He admitted that the defeat of the navy was caused by Buser's carelessness in underestimating the enemy. After all, even he thought that the Tang navy was vulnerable and was no match for the great water navy.
But if we don't underestimate the enemy, can we really defeat the Tang Navy? I'm afraid it still won't work. Even if I don't underestimate the enemy, I'm afraid I'll just be chased around on the sea like a lost dog.
Saleh stayed on the Qinglong for the whole night, and Li Hong, commanding officer Tu Qi, followed him step by step. On the entire Qinglong, the only ships that Saleh could see around were the Tang ships on the deck. The secret is that the sail is like a big dark cloud at night.
As for the secrets below the deck, especially the flaming crossbows used by Datang to attack their naval warships, he didn't even see a shadow.
He knew that Li Hong didn't want him to see it, but he really wanted Dashi to have such a giant ship, including such a powerful combat power.
But no matter how he tried to trick Yu Tuqi, who looked like an iron tower next to him, Yu Tuqi would not even pay attention to him. Only when he wanted to go from the deck to the cabin below, the black iron tower would remain expressionless. He said: "His Highness has ordered that you can only walk around above the deck, but you are not allowed to go below the deck."
"I'll just go in and take a look. Are you afraid that I'll steal something if you follow me? I'm a big foodie prince..."
"That's not possible. This is His Highness's will. You can only enter with His Highness's consent." Yu Tuqi shook his head like a rattle in the hands of merchants in the Eastern and Western Markets of the Tang Dynasty, unwilling to say anything.
Saleh looked helplessly at the black iron tower in front of him. He believed that Busr, who was rescued by the Tang Dynasty navy on another warship, was in the same situation as he encountered on this warship. It was probably difficult to truly see the big warship. Tang Battleship, the secret of why its combat effectiveness is so powerful.
"Are you kidding? There are only two battleships in the Tang Dynasty, but they cost nearly half of the Tang Dynasty's treasury to build. I will give you one, and you can give me the food, okay? You can think of it, and I'm so embarrassed to have the nerve to say it," Li Hong said relaxedly, holding his purple clay pot, lying on the recliner, looking at the stars in the night sky leisurely.
Now that we have entered the port, the distance from the great city of Ark is only a stone's throw away. It was only because of Saleh and the fact that the Tang Navy was too powerful that we decided to enter Ark before dawn. The city's port, and now, they can only spend one night on the boat.
Li Hong knew Saleh's purpose very well. He didn't want Datang's warships to dock soon, but just wanted to delay for some time, hoping to take this opportunity to find the secret of Datang's warships.
"In exchange for Yeyue?" Saleh looked at the teapot in his hand, which was different from Li Hong's, and glanced at Hua Meng with some dissatisfaction.
"Your Highness is using a unique teapot. It's the only teapot in the world. Don't compare yourself with your servant, His Highness." Hua Meng looked at Saleh's dissatisfied eyes. How could he not know what he was thinking.
This petty guy actually wanted to give His Highness a show of strength. He didn't smash all their warships today and scattered them on the sea. His Highness was already particularly merciful. He still wanted to be on an equal footing with His Highness. It was so beautiful.
"Your sister! Yeyue is mine, did you exchange anything of yours with me?" Li Hong sat up from the recliner after listening to Saleh's nonsensical words and looked at Saleh and said .
"Yeyue is the princess of Dashi, not your crown princess! Besides, you already have a crown princess. So if you want my majestic princess of Dashi Kingdom to marry you, then you must abolish the current crown princess That's it, let's make Yeyue the crown princess. Otherwise, you will never marry Yeyue!" Saleh refused to give in. He had already adapted to the three-character sutra from Li Hong when he was in Chang'an.
"As long as Yeyue is willing, I can take her away if I want. As for your wishes, including your father's wishes, I really don't care, to put it mildly. Don't think that I came to Dashi alone and am alone. You can threaten me with Yeyue, do you know this?" Li Hong lay back on the recliner again and said lazily.
(End of chapter)