"Chief, the warships of the Song Dynasty are so close to each other. Do they also want to quickly approach the ship with us and fight hand to hand?"

"Even so, the number of their warships is not as good as ours, and the courage of their soldiers is not as good as ours."

The distance between the two sides has reached within 500 meters.

The two wings of the Great Eater have been extended to the two outer columns of the Song army, basically completing the outflanking.

Standing on the deck, Song Jun could clearly see the structure of the large man-eating warship.

This kind of shipbuilding is indeed different from the structure of the Song army's warships.

The cannibal's warship is more slender, with only one huge triangular sail, and the hull is also very tall.

This kind of sloop not only has a huge hull, but is also very flexible.

No wonder the Arabs were able to compete with the Romans for hegemony in the Mediterranean for hundreds of years.

After a while, the main warships of the Great Cannibal began to enter the Song army's formation.

The distance between the warships on both sides immediately stretched to about sixty meters.

From this distance, both sides could almost see the soldiers on the other side's deck.

The Song army uniformly wore leather armor. The structure of this leather armor was different from that of the army's leather armor. Its joints were easy to cut off, and soldiers had enough time to untie them after falling into the water.

People on both sides stared at each other intently.

The Song army saw a trebuchet on the cannibal ship. It was not big and had a simple structure.

Da Shiren also saw the artillery on the side of the Song army's ship, but Da Shiren didn't know what it was.

As the cannibal's horn sounded, then the war drums sounded, and the Arab warships entering the Song army's formation began to fire arrows.

The first wave of dense arrow rain rushed towards the Song army. Some fell into the sea, splashing small waves, and some fell on the Song army's ship.

The Song army immediately used their shields to block, and the arrows hit the wooden shields, making a thumping sound.

At this time, the Song army also responded with crossbows and arrows, and some of the arrows also fell on the warship of the Great Eater, who also had a shield.

The two sides had an appetizer first.

As many of the Great Eater's warships moved in, the Great Eater began to prepare the trebuchet.

"Fire." Istaheli ordered.

After the man-eating artillery filled the stone cannon, the stones flew up into the air and hit the Song Army warship fifty meters away.

Bang bang bang...

Stones hit Song Jun's ship one after another.

Some hit the sea and splashed into waves.

Some of them hit the side of the ship, causing less obvious dents on the side.

Some of them hit the shields, causing pain in the wrists of the Song soldiers holding the shields.

Some of them hit people directly.

However, the hit rate was very low, only two or three people were hit.

"Manager Li, the big cannibal has entered the range of our artillery!" Tang Zijian reminded nervously.

It was his first time to participate in the war, and it had not yet started on a large scale. The atmosphere at this time was already overwhelming.

Li Bao said nothing.

If Li Bao doesn't give the order, the Song army will not fight back.

The messenger standing on the mast remained motionless.

Stones were thrown at the Song army one by one, and more and more soldiers were hit.

Li Bao still didn't move. Now Tang Zijian was so anxious that he was sweating all over his head and his breathing became extremely heavy.

"Director Li..." He forced his voice out from his throat, but Li Bao remained motionless.

He finally realized how great the wars he had read in the stories were all just on paper. For ordinary people, let alone scolding Fang Qiu on the battlefield, their legs would be trembling just standing here.

The man-eating warships are still approaching the Song army.

Song Jun even heard the arrogant shouts from the big cannibal opposite: "Get over quickly, board the ship, and kill them all without leaving a trace!"

"Hurry up and get to the boat!"

Tang Zijian saw the big cannibals, Tianzhu people, Persians and Sanfoqi people opposite, holding bows, arrows, knives and axes in their hands, shouting with ferocious faces.

His mind was a little blank and his hands were shaking.

In fact, time did not pass long, but to Tang Zijian, it seemed as if a hundred years had passed.

Except for the two outflanking warships, the other thirty of the cannibal warships have all entered the Song army's formation and are rapidly advancing towards the Song army.

Fifty meters, forty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters...

As it continued to advance, the cannibal's bows and arrows and trebuchet fire became more and more fierce.

From the very beginning to now, the Song army has only used crossbows to fight back.

The big eater started roaring crazily with excitement. Someone had already taken out the rope and was about to pull it closer and start throwing it.

Once the landing is completed, it means that the two sides will have to fight hand-to-hand.

"Hahaha! Hurry! Get ready to dock the boat! Kill all these Song people!"

"Kill them!"

Not only the large food warships inside the military formation began to approach, but the outflanking ones also began to approach.

Dozens of warships and thousands of people erupted into shouts of killing.

This made the nearby merchant ships frightened.

"Officer, the imperial ship seems to be surrounded?" Ah Fu said in horror.

"I saw it!" Su Jing said with a gloomy face.

People on other boats also showed fear.

"Director Li!" Tang Zijian almost shouted, because the man-eating warship was only ten meters away.

"Fire!" Li Bao suddenly shouted, "Fire! Bomb them!"

The artilleryman who received the order immediately ignited the fuse that had been prepared.

The gunpowder in the base of the gun barrel was ignited, making a loud noise, and the iron cannon was pushed out of the gun barrel, rushing straight towards the large man-eating warship ten meters away.

Ten meters! Only ten meters away!

For the densely arranged Tiger Crouching Cannon, this is like meeting gods and killing gods, meeting Buddhas and killing Buddhas!

The first iron cannon actually hit the head of a giant man-eater who was holding a rope and was about to throw it.

The forehead of the head instantly split open like a ripe watermelon in summer, and large pieces of red and white burst out of it, flying in the air. In an instant, they were burned by the high temperature of the iron ball and turned black.

The big man-eater fell to the ground with his head up, and the others didn't even realize what happened.

Upon hearing the sound of artillery, other Song troops who had been holding back for a long time immediately started to light fire.

The Song army's artillery fired like a series of firecrackers one after another.

Twenty-eight warships, each with 40 guns and a total of 1,120 artillery pieces, launched a bombardment against the enemy in a very short period of time.

At that moment, it was like a terrible steel rainstorm appeared on the sea.

There were dozens of man-eating warships, each with more than a dozen holes.

The side of the ship was hit so much that sawdust flew everywhere, and the deck was even shattered to pieces.

It was even penetrated below the deck, and the iron cannon rushed in, killing the oarsman on the spot. The impact caused debris to fly everywhere inside, leaving a mess.

The densely packed people above became live targets for the iron cannons.

Countless people were lifted up on the spot, flying away those behind them. At the same time, blood and flesh were splashed everywhere.
Chapter completed!