Chapter 35

Bloody battle in the sea

In an instant, countless hooks and ropes flew out of the eight merchant ships, and there was a clanging sound, and the hooks and ropes hung on two Byzantine warships.--Piao Tianwen-()

Those sailors are also long-standing, not comparable to those newly recruited farmers, but they are just long-standing. They have never fought wars and cannot say that they have seen blood. Killing is very unfamiliar to them. Even if Saladin and Duboan are killed on the next continent, the sky is dark, but Cyprus has always been very "quiet", as if it is a paradise.

In ordinary times, they just bullyed passing merchant ships on the sea, and they had never even fought a decent naval battle.

After a sudden incident, they suddenly didn't know what to do.

There are many hooks like this on their ship, but this is the first time that some merchant ships can prevent them from escaping and being used by others.

"Cut off these ropes for me and don't let them get close."

There were still a few sensible people among these sailors. After hearing the scream, they realized that something was wrong. They immediately drew out their swords and stood at the forefront of the front line to command the battle.

But just as he exposed his head, he had not had time to shout it out for a second time, and was nailed to the deck by the Xiqin crossbowman with an arrow.

Winkreid took the lead. Although he was burly, his flexibility was amazing. He bit the back of the knife with his mouth, and with the power of the rope, he used his legs to force his legs and directly overturned the deck of the Byzantine ship.

As it turns out, these Byzantine sailors who usually can only cheat merchants are qualified sailors, but they are not qualified soldiers. Seeing that someone had already turned over to the deck, their first reaction was not to draw out their swords to meet the enemy, but to flee in all directions.

Winkreid took action without any mercy. When he saw several sailors who could not move, he waved his sword directly to slash. Although these sailors who did not move did not want to stay to stop him, they were scared.

At this moment, many soldiers ran out of the cabin, wearing leather armor and holding various weapons. It seemed that they were the soldiers carried on this ship.

Their combat effectiveness is unknown, but they have lived on ships for many years. They walked on the deck like flat ground. Several soldiers holding spears, three of them rushed directly towards Winkreid.

Wenkrid saw the opportunity, grabbed a spear with one hand, then swung the other two shots with one hand, and pulled the Byzantine soldier who was caught with the weapon, and slashed it with a diagonal slash. The screams were heard, but the man's right leg was cut off by Wenkrid and could no longer stand up, so he could only wail and roll.

But the other two soldiers performed completely differently from other sailors. They were not afraid and immediately stabbed the spear one after another.

Winkreid turned his body sideways and could no longer resist. He had to fall to the ground and roll to the side. Although his posture was not very good, it had to be said that it was very practical. Then he picked up the spear of the broken-leg soldier, and threw it over with force. The two soldiers originally wanted to take advantage of the situation to get ahead and deal with Winkreid, but when the spear was blocked, his steps slowed down. Winkreid followed quickly and threw the single sword in his hand out. A soldier could not dodge and hit the door, and blood surged out.

Winkreid also grabbed the last soldier's spear, and his arms suddenly swelled up. With a "click", he broke the spear, which was not well-made, and then sent the spear tip into the man's heart with his backhand.

The defense of leather armor seemed to only play a comforting role at this time, and the last soldier was sent into the arms of death by Winkreid.

In just under three minutes, Winkreid killed three people in succession. If the opponent was an ordinary soldier, he would not be captured by this evil aura and dared not move forward. But, a few more people came from the cabin. One of them was dressed much cleaner, and there was an iron plate inlaid on the chest of the leather armor. Obviously, he was an officer.

In the last scene, Winkreid cut off his spear and killed people. He saw it and seemed to realize that this guy had a strong combat power. He immediately took five or six soldiers to kill Winkreid.

He secretly complained in his heart. After all, Winkrid was also a human being, not a god. Killing those three people just now was almost the limit he could do. Now that these people have come again, he seems to have no choice but to procrastinate.

He took the time to look around, but the situation was not ideal. At the beginning, the Western Qin ships raided, and many Swiss soldiers took the opportunity to board the other party's deck, and often they could still get a few slow sailors. However, as the regular soldiers who seemed to have combat effectiveness gradually emerged from the cabin, they often fought back their subordinates and forced them into the corner. After all, there were still a few soldiers who climbed up from the hook rope. This was on the ship in the sea, and it was inconvenient to move. After a while, Winkreid was at a disadvantage.

As soon as several Swiss soldiers grabbed the rope and climbed halfway, they saw that their companions who had boarded the other ship in front were pushed off the deck by several Byzantines, and then they quickly wielded their swords to break the rope. With the shouts, they fell into the sea and splashed many waves.

Another rope was cut off. This time the Swiss soldiers on the rope were prepared and grabbed the rope, but did not fall into the sea. With the strength of his arms, he climbed back to the merchant ship again.

However, this is useless. As more and more ropes are cut off, fewer and fewer Swiss soldiers can board Byzantine ships will be able to take advantage of the number of ropes, which will lead to more and more ropes that cannot be protected by no one. This is a vicious cycle.

"Western Qin Crossbowman, support"

The six hundred soldiers of the Western Qin clan brought by Bai Zhou this time were all crossbowmen camps except for less than a hundred secret guards. At the beginning, the Western Qin side had the advantage, and the crossbowmen camp had no room for performance. After all, the deck of its own side was lower than that of the other side, and the people rushing up in front of them were Swiss, so the crossbowmen that were inconvenient to shoot were naturally useless. But now, as more and more Swiss soldiers were killed and retreated, the first row was all Byzantines.

The arrows flew everywhere, and the hit rate was really not high, but it also made the opponent feel scruples and did not dare to rush to the deck without any hesitation.

After all, the Swiss soldiers are of good physical fitness and very strong in combat, but this is not on land, and the swaying deck is the first enemy they need to overcome. Moreover, they are not wearing heavy armor and will inevitably have a level of defense in terms of defense.

If Bai Zhou commanded a group of professional pirates in this encounter, the situation might be completely different. Because at the beginning, during the period when the opponent was panicking, there would be more people who could climb the opposite ship. Relying on the advantage of the number of people, even if his own combat effectiveness was not strong and had not received any military training, he could still suppress the opponent back into the cabin.

After all, on a narrow ship, it is better to say it is a group fight than a war, and the ability of "cooperative combat" is weakened to a minimum.

The two sides were still in a stalemate. Due to the suppression of the Western Qin Crossbow Camp, Winkrid finally got better. He led more than ten soldiers. Although he could not conquer, he could firmly defend his area so that his companions could safely climb the ropes.

The turning point of the war came an hour later, just as Winkrid felt exhausted, another part of the Swiss soldiers led by Tell successfully occupied the deck of another Byzantine ship.

Tui'er's "luck" was very good. He was the first to climb the opposite side, just like Winkreid. However, he did not encounter any decent opponents. After he got rid of more than a dozen Byzantine soldiers who dared to emerge, the opponent "decisively" chose to huddle in the cabin, hoping to rely on the narrow hatch to defend.

But this is equivalent to handing over the initiative of war to others.

A few Swiss soldiers, when their heads became hot, also forgot that they were wearing not plate armor, but the most ordinary linen cloth. They lifted their swords and rushed in. They were stabbed by a few spears that came out of nowhere, and they could only fall to the ground.

Just when he was at a loss, Bai Zhou led more than ten secret guards to the ship, and also brought several sky-blasting thunders.

This thing is a dangerous thing, and in positional warfare, the power of this thing is really not as powerful as a big stone, so I didn't bring too many cypress boats, but only these few played an unexpected role in this specific situation.

After two "bang bang" sounds, the entrance of this section suddenly became much cleaner. The Byzantines had never seen the power of gunpowder before, and were immediately scared. After "blank", several obviously unconscious guys rushed out by themselves, and were stabbed by the secret guards and solved it simply and neatly.

The rest was much more convenient. Tui Er led the Swiss soldiers to clear the cabins one by one. Anyone who did not surrender would be killed. When they encountered fierce resistance at the corner and were not conducive to attack, they would come forward by secret guards. A thunder thunder was gone. Even if they were wearing leather armor, they could not bear this power at all. The lethality was still second, mainly the sound and smoke from the thunder thunder were enough to disintegrate the last morale of the opponent.

Fortunately, the lethality of the Thunder in the Sky is not as good as its word "Booming the Sky". After the explosion, it will have little impact on the hull. Otherwise, after these thermal weapons are blown away, leaving behind a broken ship full of holes, which will be more than worth the loss.

Seeing that there was no big problem in capturing the ship, all that was left was sweeping, Bai Zhou stood on the deck again and mobilized the Xiqin crossbowmen to shoot arrows on the ship.

The few Byzantine archers, under the precise attack of secret guards, never dared to emerge again.

Then, more than ten hook ropes flew out from the captured Byzantine sailboat, Tuier was preparing to lead his soldiers to support Winkrid.

The flesh and blood were flying and blurred. Although the troops on both sides invested not much, only a thousand people were added together. There were almost no place to settle in this narrow battlefield. Blood, broken limbs, soldiers who kept falling into the water, were dead or alive. The background of this scroll. A Swiss soldier had just raised his sword, and perhaps a few spears would stab him in the next moment.

Fortunately, Winkrid firmly guarded a corner of the deck. His combat effectiveness made the Byzantines afraid to distribute too much troops to take care of the other side. Under the double attack, the Byzantines' defeat was a foregone conclusion.

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ps: Thank you to the useless young man and Liu Xuandi for your reward

Chapter 35

Bloody battle in the sea
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