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- On March 23, Baekje General Guoxin led 15,000 naval troops and 300 warships from Deokmoo Island (today's Deokjeok Island, South Korea) to attack Seochang Port.
By the early morning of the 26th, the Baekje Navy had arrived at the mouth of the Xishui River.
At this time, the Sui army's reconnaissance ship also discovered the sudden appearance of the fleet and immediately reported to the commander-in-chief Gao Wen in Zhanchan Port. After Gawain heard the news, he was shocked. The Baekje people had indeed come to raid Chosun City.
Since the Battle of Cheorwon, the two sides have been fighting for almost a month. The news of Baekje's secret participation in the war cannot be concealed at all. Only the Sui army is not very clear about Japan's participation in the war.
Gawain sent people to report to Korea City while preparing for battle.
牺如 xindingdianxsw.com 牺ࣳ 4&# 12290 In Gawain's view, although the opponent has many ships, they are expected to be mostly transport ships. Although he only has more than thirty warships, they are all new warships, well-equipped and powerful in combat, so he is not afraid of the enemy.
While Gawain was concentrating on the defensive ships, he was preparing to bypass the rear of the Baekje Navy from the flanks.
The Baekje Navy sailed upstream along the Zhu River. Although the Sui Navy was blocked in the Zhu River, the number of Sui ships was small. As long as they got behind the Baekje Navy through the gaps in the flanks, they would surely be able to defeat the enemy. Destroy the enemy army.
There are so many ships of the Baekje Navy that it is difficult to even turn around when they reach the river.
Gawain ordered thirty fire ships to be released upstream, preparing to attack the Baekje naval formation.
Gawain is not wrong, what is wrong is the times.
The Baekje Navy fought with the Silla Navy all day long and had rich experience in maritime operations. Guoxin was a veteran general who had commanded the navy for more than 30 years, which was far beyond the comparison of ordinary people.
Seeing that the Sui Army's navy was taking advantage of the terrain and not attacking actively but instead moving sideways, Guoxin immediately understood the Sui Army's intention. The Sui Army wanted to move around.
If Baekje didn¡¯t have many ships, it would really be possible for the Sui army to accomplish its goal. After all, the Sui army is now upstream, occupying the terrain advantage, and using the current and ship speed, it is really possible to quickly pass through the gap and kill behind the Baekje fleet.
But the problem is that there are many ships in Baekje, so many that they can block the mouth of the Xishui River.
Guoxin immediately dispersed the warships to block the Sui army's assault route, and sent light ships from the navy to surround the Sui army ships. At the same time, he commanded the heavy ships in the army to attack Zhanchan Harbor, intending to destroy the Sui army's warships in the harbor.
The three hundred main warships of the Baekje people dispersed, and they were as densely packed as dumplings. Although the mouth of the Xushui River is wide, it cannot hold the numerous boats of the Baekje people.
At this time, the entire river was filled with Baekje people¡¯s battlefield, like dumplings, and there was no room left.
Gawain, who had just boarded the command ship, was shocked when he saw this situation. How dare the Baekje people disperse the troop transport ships. The purpose of a troop transport ship is to transport as many soldiers and food as possible. It is large in size, slow in speed, and has almost no combat power.
But at this time, Gawain couldn't care less about this matter.
Although the Sui army's warships came with momentum, they could only move forward and could not retreat. Although the warship was huge, countless Baekje boats surrounded them, biting the Sui army like hyenas.
Facing enemy ships on all sides, the Sui army's ship speed dropped sharply.
At this time, the main force of the Baekje Army rushed forward. Dozens of warships surrounded each other from all directions. When they gathered together, they grabbed each other with hooks, then set up sampans and boarded the ships for hand-to-hand combat.
Everyone cooperated skillfully and soon boarded several Sui ships.
The Sui army only had a small number of people on each warship. Excluding the boatmen and handymen, there were even fewer sailors to fight. The opponent often came up with dozens or hundreds of people boarding the ship, and the Sui army was simply invincible.
The two sides fought desperately on the warship. In the end, the Sui army on the ship was almost exhausted.
At this time, in order not to take prisoners, the Sui army's remaining soldiers on many ships set fire to the warships and perished together with the opponent.
In maritime combat, the most practical weapon is rocket. The Sui army often prepared tung oil and other fire starters on warships. This time, it was not used on the enemy, but it became the sacrifice of the Sui army.
The Sui army warships at sea were ignited one after another, the smoke filled the air, and the fire burned the eyes.
ãá reduce 75zhongwen.com ãá. The desperate efforts of the Sui army were so shocking that even the Baekje people were afraid to board the ship. The Sui army would burn the ship if they failed in hand-to-hand combat. The Baekje people used hooks and iron chains to tightly connect the Sui warships. When the fire broke out, most of them could not escape.
But the suicide attack could not change the fate of the Sui army.
On the battlefield, gunpowder smoke is everywhereThe Baekje warships, while the Sui army's warships were like lonely boats in the sea, only withered.
At this time, Gawain's heart was broken, and his red eyes almost burst into flames. However, he knew very well that the battle was lost and irretrievable. The most important thing was to reduce losses and not to be reluctant to fight, so he immediately asked people to raise the signal flag and ordered a retreat.
When the Sui army's warships attacked, they went with the current, but when they retreated, they went against the current. One forward and one reverse, and their speed was reduced by nearly half.
This just gave the Baekje people a good opportunity to pursue.
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Seeing this, Gao Wen personally led his flagship to cut off the rear of the armies. Gawain's ship was extremely tall, and it was a rare giant warship in the army. He used the collision angle in front of the ship to continuously slam into the Baekje warships. Anyone hit would either capsize or break into pieces. There are also huge rows of poles on the warship, which can break the enemy ship into pieces with one blow.
At this time, Gawain was sitting on the ship just like the overlord of Western Chu who was in charge of one man, and the group looked ugly and scornful. After the ship was broken, some remaining Sui ships finally broke through the defense line and slowly headed east.
Although Gawain was invincible in his ship, he was still surrounded by Baekje warships.
Seeing that Guoxin was no match for the opponent, he ordered the warships to surround the ship from all sides, restrict the warship's speed, and ordered arrows to be fired from all sides to burn the ship.
The tigers could not hold off the wolves, and the warship soon became scarred.
Gawain was also hit by an arrow and was covered in blood. Seeing that there was no hope of breaking out, Gao Wennai ordered a fierce attack on the enemy's main ship, which sank and caused him to take a back seat.
So the Sui army moved forward with all their strength.
At this time, the warship was on fire, and it looked like a fire dragon on the water. Seeing the ship rushing towards him, Guoxin was also stunned.
The Baekje people had no choice but to put down their fire boats to block the Sui army, and some frigates came forward to slow down the Sui ships.
Seeing enemy ships surrounding them from all directions, although the Sui ships were damaged numerous times, the warships could no longer run away and could only burn.
When Gawain saw this, he shouted on the bow deck of the ship: "I was greatly favored by Duke Wei, but I was defeated and lost my army. I betrayed Duke Wei's trust. Now I can only die to serve the country." So he drew his sword and committed suicide.
To avoid falling into the hands of the Baekje people, his body was pushed into the sea by his cronies. The rest of the soldiers stayed on the deck and died together with Gawain.
After the war, only the smoke of gunpowder remained on the sea.
Guoxin looked at the Sui army warships that had not been completely burned, with mixed feelings in his heart. Although he defeated the Sui army in this battle, he did not capture a single ship. The Sui army would rather set fire to themselves than take prisoners.
Mi He 75zhongwen.com Mi. What kind of army did they mess with?
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