Chapter 34 Killing whales to deter the enemy
The tower ship is the sharpest weapon on the waters of the Tang Dynasty. In addition to the melee pole, the bow also has several large winch crossbows, also known as car crossbows. The crossbow arms of this kind are more than two meters long and are extremely powerful, and they are shot and
It can reach two or three hundred steps, which is four or five hundred meters. When used, you have to use the winch behind to pull it away. The novel reads the improved version of this kind of winch crossbow in the Song Dynasty.
When Li Yan saw a whale, he wanted to shoot it with a crossbow on the bow of the ship. However, after the order was issued, the soldiers who operated the crossbow looked at me, and I looked at you, but no one dared to take action.
Like fishermen, they spend most of their time on the sea. They feel extremely awe in their hearts for the extremely dangerous sea. And whales are divine objects in the sea, so they naturally dare not anger them, let alone shoot them.
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When Li Yan saw the reaction of the soldiers on the ship, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Although he was a prince, he was not Liu Ju after all, and his orders were not considered military orders at all, so the soldiers could not listen. However, he was not the one who gave up so easily.
He turned around and ordered the guards of the royal palace beside him: "Go up and adjust the crossbow, and I will do it myself!"
Hearing Li Yan's order, the guard leader Xi Junmai agreed and brought a dozen guards forward. The soldiers next to the two crossbows squeezed away and quickly operated. They were all good at land and naturally had no fear of the sea.
Heart. In a short while, the crossbow arrow was ready to aim.
Li Yan walked to one of the crossbows and saw a trigger-like thing on the crossbow, so he stepped forward and pulled it with his hands. But what he didn't expect was that the trigger was not broken or what was wrong. He used it.
He kicked his legs and used all his strength to feed his breasts, but the other party still didn't move at all.
Seeing Li Yan's ignorant behavior, Liu Ju and the soldiers on the boat covered their mouths and laughed. Xi Junmai took a heavy hammer with an embarrassing look on his face, walked up to him and handed it to Li Yan and said, "Your Highness, this crossbow machine of this car.
It cannot be pulled, you have to use a heavy hammer to smash it!"
"Oh. So that's it!" Li Yan wiped the sweat on his face, didn't care about Liu Ju and others' sarcasm gazes, and swung the heavy hammer and smashed it hard. Listening to the sound of "Weng".
The huge crossbow arrow shot towards the sea like a black line. The whale was still breathing freely and did not notice the danger approaching. In addition, it was only a few dozen meters away from Li Yan's ship, so it hit the target with one blow.
The two-meter-long crossbow arrow suddenly submerged most of the time under the huge impact force.
The giant whale in the sea suddenly changed drastically, and the huge pain made its head and tail tilt up from the sea. A painful hissing sound came from the whale's mouth. Only then did everyone see the full picture of the whale clearly and see this one.
The whale's head is extremely huge, it looks no smaller than an ordinary house, and its length is probably about four feet long. The backwards become thinner, and the tail is two separate tail fins. The whole whale's whole body is a black and gray, but its abdomen is pure.
White.
When the whale's head and tail were slapped heavily on the water, he was about to drag his seriously injured body to escape. The second crossbow arrow that had been prepared on the boat was shot out again, but the arrow was tied to Li Yan.
rope.
There was only a sneering sound, and there was also the sound of bone fractures. The second crossbow arrow tore the skin and penetrated deeply into the whale's body. The bright red whale blood spurted out. The sea surface immediately
A layer of bloody red.
The giant whale, which was injured and injured, was still struggling to escape, diving into the water and trying to escape, but before swimming far, it was pulled by the rope on the crossbow arrow. The giant whale tried desperately to break free, but the reverse hook on the crossbow arrow,
It was stuck in its body, and the other end of the rope was firmly tied to the trench. The trench was three or four times the size of the giant whale. Even if it was not injured, it would definitely not be dragged.
Li Yan on the boat looked at the giant whale struggling dyingly, but there was no slight pride on his face. Instead, he was still a little panicked. The center of gravity of the boat was too high, and the struggle of the giant whale made the boat sway. Liu Ju and the others had already
I got used to it, but he and Xi Jun were shocked to buy these landslides. Li Yan, who pretended to be calm, sweared in his heart that he would not be able to ride on a deficient building boat in this design in the future.
Car crossbows are usually used to attack the opponent's warship or city gates, and their destructive power is extremely terrible. Crossbow arrows with two arms are shot into the body. Even with the powerful vitality of the giant whale, they will definitely not survive, so they struggle.
After a while, his belly turned back and floated on the sea.
An Yiluo, who was opposite, saw the Tang army shooting crossbows at first, thought that the other party was treacherous after getting someone, was scared to make a quick call to prepare for the war, but immediately found that the other party was actually shooting whales, which surprised all the Goguryeo soldiers.
Unexpectedly, the Tang army dared to shoot even such a magical object in the sea? Then, right in front of them, the huge whale went from being injured to struggling, and then slowly passed away, and finally her belly turned white and floated on the sea surface.
Looking at the huge whale corpse, all the Goguryeo soldiers felt a sense of awe from their hearts, and the momentum in the entire army could not help but frustrated. Although the reaction of the Tang army soldiers was similar to that of the Goguryeo people, the whales were their side after all.
The one who shot was the master's ship, so he brought a sense of pride in awe. The giant beasts in the sea died at the hands of their generals. What's so scary about Goguryeo? Therefore, his momentum suddenly surged.
As one goes up and down, Liu Ju thought to himself that it was a pity that if he commanded the warships to attack at this time, even if the opponent could not be wiped out, at least most of them could be wiped out. Unfortunately, it is not the time to fight.
When Li Yan saw the giant whale dead, he shouted happily and asked Xi Junmai and others to pull the whale to the boat, but the whale was at least dozens of tons, and with Xi Junmai and a dozen guards, he could not pull it at all.
It was useless to move Li Yan himself.
"Hey! What are you watching? Hurry up and help me pull it together. Today this whale will improve your food!" Hearing Li Yan's words, the soldiers on the boat still did not dare to move around, and they all looked at Liu Ju together.
After all, this is in the army. Without the permission of the chief general, their duty is to stick to their posts, and they don’t have to pay attention to the orders of King Qi.
"Help!" Liu Ju looked at the corpse of the giant whale, sighed and waved. Although he was very awe of the whale, the road was now ready, and it was Li Yan's personal hand that he felt less burden in his heart.
, and judging from Li Yan's appearance, he would not give up until he got the whale. In addition, he had no choice but to ask Li Yan to help.
Hundreds of people on the board helped, and finally pulled the whale to the side of the boat, but the whale was too big and heavy, and the deck on the boat could not be installed at all. In the end, it could only be tied to one side of the boat, half of which was immersed in the water, and maintained by buoyancy.
Balanced. Then he walked around with his mighty power outside the city of Beisha before he started to return.
"Your Highness, the villain has something important to report!" It was not until this time that the smiling tiger and one-eyed shark who had been standing on the boat found the opportunity and found Li Yan to report it alone.
Li Yan climbed on the side of the boat, looking down at the spoils in the water, and asked with a smile: "By the way, I almost forgot you. What's the point of you? And it seems that they were catching you.
Who are you looking for?”
"Your Highness, these two questions are the same thing. It was because we saved a person, which led to Goguryeo arresting us, and torture us with torture, wanting to find out where that person is, and even to find him.
That person, even our ship was almost dismantled." The smiley tiger still smiled at this time, but it had a hint of bitterness.
"Oh? Who are you saving?" Li Yan turned his head curiously and asked. Yuan Jingwu almost caused a war between the two countries because of his own. It seems that the identity of that person is not simple.
Hearing Li Yan's question, the two of them looked at each other, and then the one-eyed shark replied: "Your Highness, we are both clear and a little confused about the identity of that person. We only know that he should be the court.
the person.”
"Huh? I can't understand what you said. What does it mean? It's both clear and difficult to explain it?" Li Yan's attention was completely attracted by the two of them. He stopped looking at the whales under the boat, but instead looked up and down.
Two people were scarred.
"Your Highness, the man's name is Zhou Kun, he is an old acquaintance of the villain. He used to play in the army with the villain, but later he was selected into the Qianniu Guard by his superiors because of his outstanding performance. However, last year, he suddenly came to Shandong.
, asked the villain to help him do something, but he provided the villain with a lot of high-quality weapons..." With the explanation of the one-eyed shark, Li Yan slowly figured out the whole story of the matter.
Zhou Kun, who is the one-eyed shark, provides the tiger shark slave hunting team with a large number of high-quality weapons, and even provides a lot of convenience in other aspects. Their requirements for tiger sharks are very simple, that is, let them in the Tang Dynasty and
In Goguryeo, secretly helping him transport people or items was not difficult, but the only difficult thing was that Zhou Kun asked to keep it absolutely confidential.
After discussing with the one-eyed shark, she thought it was a good deal, so she agreed. No problems had happened since last year. However, this time they came back from catching slaves, but they met Zhou Kun, who was under heavy responsibility in Goguryeo.
And they are being hunted down by the Goguryeo people. Although they don’t know Zhou Kun’s specific identity, they are sure that the other party is working for the court, otherwise they would not have such great power in the Tang Dynasty, even their quality is comparable to that of the army.
Weapons can also be obtained. Therefore, both public and private, they will not leave the other party alone, so they risked to hide Zhou Kun on the ship and smuggled it out of Goguryeo. However, they did not expect that the wind would be revealed, but the result was still
Halfway through the way, I was caught up by Goguryeo warships.
After listening to the one-eyed shark's story, Li Yan had some guesses about the mysterious Zhou Kun, but if you want to be sure, you still have to see him. So he asked again: "So where is Zhou Kun now?
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Chapter completed!