Chapter 796: Sacrificing the Car to Save the King
With the help of Sun Quan's trump card, the archer corps on the shore finally completed its preparations.
"Shoot! Shoot!"
At Lu Xun's command, all the longbowmen in the land force shot their arrows into the sky, covering the opposite Japanese troops.
The siege crossbow that was dismantled and then reassembled was turned by three or four people working together and bombarded the area where Kenshinko Uesugi was located.
In the process of continuous dispatch and command, Lu Xun had roughly figured out the position of Uesugi Kenshinko. Only with that position could he take the overall situation into consideration and accurately issue orders to each unit.
Spears as thick as arms were hung on the siege crossbows, and the powerful catapulting force of the angry strike shot them out. One by one, the well-kept spears turned into black shadows and shot away.
However, the attack of the siege crossbow seemed to have hit nothing, and Lu Xun found that the opponent's command was not at all messy and was not affected at all.
"Misjudgment? No, that's not right. If it was a misjudgment, the opponent would definitely show weakness and then counterattack. This behavior right now just proves that the opponent is right there!"
After the fight, Uesugi Kenshinko showed great strength and there was no reason for her not to seize the opportunity. The only explanation was that the opponent was indeed in that place.
Lu Xun narrowed his eyes and ordered the bombardment to continue.
The opponent should have avoided or resisted the attack in some way. This is not surprising. It is just a secret technique of creating a barrier.
In fact, Lu Xun's judgment was correct.
The barrier hastily erected by the Onmyoji and priests on Kenshinko Uesugi's side blocked the previous attack, but the corresponding price was that they visibly weakened.
"Mr. Uesugi, you can only hold on for the time of an incense stick at most!" The leading priest spat out a mouthful of blood and said in panic.
"I understand. Let's move our position. The other party hasn't been fooled! What a strong enemy!" Uesugi Kenshinko ordered calmly. The other party's firm attitude was as if they had already seen them here.
Seeing that he could not confuse Lu Xun, Uesugi Kenshinko could only order a retreat for the time being. Facing the powerful siege crossbows that had already been built, there was not much point in continuing to hold on.
"Relying on the woods to get rid of us?" Lu Xun narrowed his eyes. Uesugi Kenshinko retreated very smoothly. He did not seize too many loopholes of the opponent and only achieved some insignificant small results.
This place itself is a supply point for logging in Japan, and there are quite a lot of trees on the island.
Although they cut down a lot of trees, they still occupied about half of the island.
After Kenshinko Uesugi and the others dived into the woods, he didn't dare to act rashly.
As the saying goes, don't chase a desperate enemy and don't enter a forest. If you follow them rashly, you might end up at a disadvantage.
Kenshinko Uesugi had a good plan, but unfortunately his opponent was Lu Xun, a famous arsonist in the Three Kingdoms period.
After seeing the woods, Lu Xun became a little eager to try something.
He could no longer suppress the urge to set fire. Faced with a forest like this, setting fire was indeed the best solution.
"Aim at the enemies at sea and open fire!" After thinking for a moment, Lu Xun made a plan.
Burn, burn, burn. If you don’t burn, you’re not a human being. This is such a good opportunity. Even if it’s at the seaside, if you start a fire, at least you can make the other party suffer a great loss.
"Go and move all the supplies off the ship. I'm going to have a feast of fire today!"
Upon hearing Lu Xun's order, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang and others were very excited. Every person in Dongwu was an arsonist. If they were not pressured by someone above them, they would have wanted to replace all their supplies with kerosene, rockets and the like.
Lu Su touched his chin. Setting fire did seem to be a good idea.
He began to use his mental power to disperse the water vapor, but he soon found that it was a bit stupid to do this on the sea.
So he thought about it and slightly adjusted the direction of the wind, trying to make the flames spread in another direction.
On the other side, Lu Meng gradually turned the tide of the battle with the help of Sun Quan.
Sun Quan's checks and balances directly weakened the long-range capabilities of the sea archers and converted them directly into melee capabilities. Coupled with the emotional mobilization of the soldiers and horses, the two sides barely managed to tie.
However, after Kenshinko Uesugi was forced to leave, the long-range fire support from the shore allowed Lu Meng to begin to gain the upper hand.
The detachable siege crossbow, under the control of Jiangdong archers, can accurately strike Japanese warships.
Even in a melee, they would never accidentally injure friendly forces. This was the power of the Jiangdong archers. Especially after Sun Quan launched the check and balance strategy, which directly weakened the melee ability of the archers on the shore to zero, their long-range ability became even more abnormal.
If it weren't for the interference of the clouds, they could even accurately launch the legion attack on the Japanese ships.
This sudden blow made many Japanese soldiers even more panicked and even caused their morale to decline.
To some extent, the effect of the Peacock Legion was achieved.
"Lock them up, don't let them get away!"
A sneer appeared on Lu Meng's face. It was too unrealistic to want to run away at this time.
Wars at sea have always been a fight to the death.
Under Lu Meng's manipulation, the clouds directly formed into physical chains, which pierced directly into the hull of the enemy's warship.
This technique, called iron chain boat connection, is no secret at all to the Han Dynasty's current navy.
After Guan Yu and his men suffered losses at the hands of Kushan, the Han Dynasty basically lit up the naval technology tree. Especially with the three big guys personally doing research, most of the Kushan naval skills had been studied, and the rest was just a matter of time.
Especially when it comes to clouds, Han Xin, a big man who once built the framework of the luck system, took action and came up with new ideas based on the Kushan naval battle.
In fact, the essence of the cloud and qi techniques are just those, but the reason why they are not pointed out is that, on the one hand, they cannot be used, and on the other hand, it is just an angle deviation.
Many useless tricks that have been developed can be copied to the ocean and produce particularly useful effects.
The iron-chained boats were developed from Pang Tong's ingenious design and are one of the high-end skills. However, as a ruthless learning machine, Lu Meng naturally mastered this skill completely.
After realizing that they couldn't distance themselves from Japan, they became desperate.
Lu Xun has already started to send some people to board the ship. If they delay any longer, they will be attacked from all sides.
Moreover, the enemy's archers have already shown their terrifying abilities. If they continue to drag on, they will really be finished.
"Abandon those ships and retreat!"
Finally, the commander made up his mind and chose to sacrifice the car to save the driver.
