Chapter 277

Prince Tang Feng was slightly stunned and said, "why, General Ma, are you so sure that the fleet that blocked our way is the sea fleet that escorted my brother to escape?"

"That's right!" The General Ma gave a firm nod: "Your Highness, we are still on the edge of the sea territory. It is also a well-known fact that the sea people are fighting with the sunset kingdom. Who would be so stupid to send their own fleet to this place in this sensitive period? Isn't that asking for trouble? "

"What's more, even if it's the fleets of other countries and forces that block our way, we shouldn't shoot our fleets indiscriminately first?"

"Therefore, Wei Chen was quite sure that the fleet that suddenly appeared must be the one that escorted his Highness the prince to escape! And the reason why the fleet of the sea clan will ambush here and wait to attack us secretly, I think, is a tactic of city master Cao Hong! "

"Lord Cao Hong knows that even if they got rid of our pursuit for the time being, they can't get rid of us completely. Once our fleet catches up with them, it's really impossible for them to escape again. Instead of waiting to die, they'd better turn back and take advantage of the night when we can't see clearly. Maybe, It may cause more casualties for us

"This kind of tactics of commanding operations is quite similar to that of Lord Cao Hong, and also agrees with his usual way of doing things! It is for the above reasons that Weichen will conclude that the fleet blocking our way must be the fleet of the sea people! "

At this point, the horse general stopped and said with a slight smile: "maybe the city leader Cao Hong is too proud, maybe he underestimated the strength of someone in our horse. Unexpectedly, this kind of military trickery, with a fresh, repeated use, hum, is to make trouble for himself!"

Prince Tang Feng's eyes lit up and said, "so, General Ma, you have already judged that they will ambush us on the way?"

"Yes General Ma waved his fist and said in a hate voice: "before dark, I've already passed the general's order. Let the commanders of all ships pay attention to the enemy's raid... Your highness, look! Even if my counter attack order has not been issued, our warships have started to fight back in an orderly way? "

With that, General Ma raised his hand and pointed to the front of the fleet. Prince Tang Feng looked in the direction of his finger. Sure enough, his fleet didn't show any signs of panic, but still kept a neat formation, organized and hierarchical in firing back!

This made Prince Tang Feng's heart slowly fall down. He took a long breath and said with great relief: "finally, he didn't fall into the enemy's trap again In that case, why do we hesitate? General Ma, please tell us to go down and let our fleet take advantage of this opportunity to completely surround the enemy. Don't let the imperial brother go away again! "

"Yes! Yes, sir The horse general gave Prince Tang Feng a fist and said loudly.

Immediately, General Ma said to the messengers on the lookout: "I will send 50 warships on the left and right sides at the same time to encircle and attack the enemy's fleet! At the same time, the front warships fire with all their strength. They must entangle the enemy. They can't escape easily. Wait for the fleets on both sides to encircle the enemy before launching a general attack! "

With the command of General Ma, Prince Tang Feng's fleet soon divided into two, one left and one right, bypassing the enemy ships in the front and encircling the enemy's flank and back!

In charge of the command of the encircling fleet on the left is Ma Yao, the most proud Deputy General of General Ma and his nephew.

Speaking of this, Ma Yao has something to do with Cao Hong. He is seven or eight years younger than Cao Hong. Like Cao Hong, he also graduated from the Royal Military Academy of Tongtian empire. He can be regarded as Cao Hong's younger martial brother.

When Ma Yao was in the Academy, Cao Hong had graduated for many years, but even so, Ma Yao was able to hear the name of his elder martial brother from everyone's mouth from time to time. Because Cao Hong was really a genius in military command, many of his deeds were taken out by the Royal Military Academy to educate the younger generation, This makes Ma Yao feel very unconvinced!

Ma Yao is not inferior to Cao Hong in terms of birth! Cao Hong's father was a senior member of the second class of the dynasty, and Ma Yao's father was also a general guarding the party! Not only that, many of Ma Yao's uncles, cousins and brothers also served in the army with high rank and outstanding achievements!

Therefore, Ma Yao didn't think much of the legends about Cao Hong spread in the college! In his cognition, his military talent must be above Cao Hong. The reason why Cao Hong is more famous than him is that Cao Hong was born a few years earlier than him!

This time, Ma Yao followed his uncle, General Ma, on the expedition, just in pursuit of Cao Hong's command of the sea people's fleet, which made Ma Yao hold back his strength in the dark, hoping that he could defeat Cao Hong thoroughly through this war and become famous!

However, it may be that the day failed. The warship led by Ma Yao had been hit by Cao Hong's boat in the daytime, and now it has become a pile of debris floating in the sea. Otherwise, General Ma used his power to redistribute a warship to Ma Yao, Ma Yao may have to stay in the rear rescue ship to be a spectator of the war.

How can ma Yao, who is proud of himself, accept such a "very depressing" result? Now, General Ma Yao is in charge of encircling the fleet of enemy ships, which gives Ma Yao a good opportunity to defeat Cao Hong!

So after Ma Yao got the order, he almost made his warships full power and rushed to the right side of the enemy, but his speed was much faster than that of the friendly troops on the right side!

"Cao Hong! Elder martial brother Ma Yao, standing on the lookout tower, was full of excitement and fierce: "they all say that you are the proud and invincible God of war of the college! But Ma Yao didn't believe that evil! This time, I will defeat you and capture you alive. Let the Academy, the whole empire and the whole world know that I am the first military genius of the young generation! And you, elder martial brother, are just a stepping stone on my way to fame! "

With these words, Ma Yao also called to the herald beside him: "hurry up, inform all the ships, don't give me any lazy! Be sure to reach the enemy's right wing before the enemy reacts! Complete the encirclement task

However, before Ma Yao finished his speech, "boom!" A big bang, a shell, in the sea next to him, the water column caused by the shell fell down, drenched Ma Yao's face and head, making Ma Yao's head a little feverish shiver!

"Where are the shells coming from?" Ma Yao wiped the sea water on his face and cried out.

The herald looked at the front in horror and said, "listen to the sound of the shells flying, it seems that they are coming from our front... General Ma, is it... Is it that the enemy has noticed our tactics of encircling left and right, so they send warships to intercept us?"

Ma Yao thought for a moment, shook his head for sure and said: "it's impossible! How can the enemy know that we have sent warships to encircle them? They are not owls, they have a pair of night vision eyes... Besides, even if they really predict that we will overtake them, they do not have the strength to intercept us! Don't forget, they're just a fleet. The number is only one third of our side! Now, our former army is making full use of their guns to encircle them. How can they have time to care about us? "

The messenger scratched his head and said, "but just now, it was a shell that exploded beside our boat. If it was not the enemy, who could have fired on us?"

Ma Yao steel teeth bite, hard way: "can't manage so much! We've all rushed up. We can't go back the same way... Maybe the attack just now was just a tentative attack by the enemy... Send the order, all the ships will keep their course, advance at full speed and complete the encirclement of the enemy! "

"Yes The herald answered in a loud voice, waving the small flag in his hand and passing down Ma Yao's general.

But is it really as simple as Ma Yao thought? Was that shell just a trial attack by the navy fleet? Of course not! Where did Ma Yao, who was full of confidence, expect that what was waiting for him and his fleet ahead was a force he could not resist at all

With "bang!"“ Bang When the sound of the war broke out one after another, Ma Yao felt that his warship was shaking violently and stopped at the same place in an instant! This flash of his a did not stand firm, almost directly fell from the lookout!

Finally he got up. Ma Yao looked bitter and cried anxiously, "what's wrong with his meow again? Why did the boat stop suddenly? Speed! Don't I want to keep my speed? "

The sailors on the deck cried to Ma Yao: "report back to General Ma, it seems that the warship is entangled with... Something and can't move forward!"

"What?" Startled, the general jumped down from the lookout tower, ran two steps to the side of the boat, and looked into the sea.

By the dim light of the ship, Ma Yao saw that in front of his warship, there were five huge chains entangled with each other, forming a simple chain net, which covered the front of his warship. No matter how hard his warship tried, he could not break free and could not move forward any more.

"Iron lock across the river tactics!" Ma Yao trembled all over and said: "it seems that Cao Hong has long expected that we will adopt the tactics of encircling left and right. He will set up the iron chain here in advance to block the advance of our fleet... It's really irritating to me!"

Before Ma Yao was angry, he heard the watchmen on the observation platform shouting in panic: "General Ma! The enemy... The enemy ships have appeared