The Rise of the European Emperor

Sure enough, after seeing those small boats attacking the transport ship, the French commander-in-chief Valgeri was shocked. In order to ensure the safety of the transport ship, Valkyrie sent 30 large ships to intercept those small English ships that tried to attack the transport ship. And he himself led 70 large ships and rushed to the main fleet of England...

In normal times, Valgeri can't guarantee that his 70 ships can defeat the 54 British warships in front of him. But now, Valgery understands one thing - the British fleet in front of him will not give way. As a result, they are bound to fight recklessly with the French army. And the French, the last thing they are afraid of is to fight hard...

Seeing that the main battleships of the two sides were mixed together, the two sides directly did their best to attack the enemy with all their might.

England's Kirk sailboats have a higher poop, which is good for archery. Therefore, in Wallace's fleet, the English shooters on the poop drew their long bows and aimed at the enemy on the French ship...

The French also used crossbows to fight back, but the crossbows were too slow to fire, rivaling muskets, while English longbowmen could shoot 15 arrows a minute...

So, the French finally realized that shooting each other with the English is absolutely stupid...

Therefore, the French warships, under the command of their commanders, leaned against the British ships, even if they collided. Otherwise, they would be a target for the British longbowmen.

"Hmph, how dare you come over!" Wallace was on the poop, looking coldly at the French ship that came over. Then he commanded:

"Light the spare torch and throw it at the opponent's boat!"

After the order was delivered, the British sailors on the English warship took out spare sticks tied with rags and opened the clay pot filled with suet...

After stirring a stick with a rag in a clay pot filled with suet a few times, a torch was born. Moreover, it is a torch full of oil...

Wooden boats are afraid of fire, and Wallace's response is to throw torches dipped in suet oil on the approaching French warships, trying to set the enemy boats on fire...

Although they couldn't get out of the way, the English fleet didn't just sit there and wait for the French to crash. On a small scale, British warships can still do some maneuvering. Therefore, the 54 main battleships of England were all maneuvering within a certain range to avoid being close to the French ships. At the same time, the English longbowmen on the poop were desperately firing rockets at the decks of the French warships, trying to ignite the French ships.

But the French are not fools, they have already prepared buckets on the deck. If the sail or deck caught fire, they sent someone to douse the fire.

However, if they could not catch up with the British ships and let them shoot arrows, there would still be a lot of casualties. For this reason, the Count of Valgeri ordered—still outflanking from left to right, and must entangle some British warships...

Although flanking left and right would spread his power, Count Valjery was not afraid. why? Because he is not worried that the British will surround his important part. If the English fleet surrounded one of the French fleets, they must have stopped to fight the French. At this time, another force came over, and at that time, it became a big frontal melee. Then the British longbowmen lost their advantage. During the melee, if the longbowmen were approached by French sailors, they would only be killed...

Sure enough, under the outflanking of the French fleet, two English warships were trapped. Sir Wallace saw that he had to be rescued. So, a number of English warships approached, trying to help clear the siege...

At this time, Count Valjery took the opportunity to order more French warships to come up... Then, a head-to-head confrontation on the sea started...

"Fire arrows! Fire arrows! You must shoot the damn French!" the British commander shouted from the deck.

Seeing that the main warships of Britain and France were leaning against each other, at this time, both sides were a little nervous. The British also knew that the archers on board were better at shooting arrows than in head-to-head combat. So, it's good to be able to shoot a few more French sailors before hand-to-hand combat.

The French, on the other hand, have another way of thinking - they just want the boats to stay together.

Then, let Hercules drop anchor and try to hook the British boat, and then send someone to jump off the boat and cut it...

Finally, a French ship managed to hook an English warship. However, before the French were happy, the captain on the opposite English ship said:

"Throw me!"

Then, a large number of torches dipped in suet were thrown onto the French boat on the opposite side...

This kind of torch is different from ordinary torches. Ordinary torches are only dipped in some grease on the top to help them burn. However, this kind of torch has a stick full of grease, only the handle part is not dipped in oil, so it burns very vigorously.

At first, the French on the opposite boat didn't care too much - just some torches, see how I put them out...

However, after these torches dipped in suet oil fell on the deck of the French ship, a lot of suet oil was sprinkled on the deck and gathered together, causing a very high flame. Although the French put out most of the fire, but because of the presence of suet, the remaining flames rekindled the part that had just been extinguished...

As a result, the fire of this poorly prepared French warship became so big that it seemed difficult to extinguish...

However, the French captain of the ship was also a ruthless man. After seeing that the sailors were going to jump into the sea to escape, the captain ordered loudly:

"Don't jump into the sea! If you want to jump, jump on the British boat! Remember to bring a knife and chop them to death!"

After that, hundreds of French sailors on the ship, led by the fierce captain, started to climb the British ship along the iron chain...

The captain and first mate climbed ahead, but they were unable to board the British ship. Because they were all shot and fell into the sea. However, the captain did not die, but continued to shout while swimming in the sea:

"Don't give up, keep climbing! Our boat is over, but don't make it easier for the Englishman!"

Having said that, he continued to swim to the British boat, trying to climb up from the water...

Encouraged by the captain, the French sailors climbed towards the opposite side regardless of their health. Although more than 30 people were shot down by English longbowmen, more than 60 people managed to climb on the opposite boat. Then, a fight started...

"For France!" shouted the French sailors, then swung their machetes at the British sailors...

At this point, the longbow was useless. Because the sailors on both sides have been fighting together, and they can't tell the difference between the enemy and the enemy.

Of course, the longbowmen were mainly on the poop, using the poop as an arrow tower. On deck, most were ordinary sailors. The English sailors on the deck, facing the French sailors, showed no signs of showing weakness.

The French are better at martial arts, after all, they have received formal training. Although the British sailors have not received formal training in martial arts, they have a lot of experience.

Therefore, the two sides played inextricably, regardless of the upper and lower...

Seeing that their comrades failed to take advantage, the longbowmen on the poop couldn't sit still. So, they threw down their long bows, put on machetes, got down from the poop, and joined the ranks of slashing each other...

In the end, relying on the numerical advantage, the English killed all the more than 60 French sailors who jumped over. However, they also suffered heavy losses - more than 40 of them were killed and more than 30 were cut. Then, the ship is considered to have lost its combat effectiveness...

On other ships, bloody battles were also staged one after another. The French know that long-range shooting is by no means an English opponent, and that close combat is the only chance. So, they leaned towards the British ship like crazy. Even, the whole ship crashed directly into it...

As for throwing torches and burning ships, except for the first French ship that was caught off guard, the rest of the French ships were not hit. Why? Because they thought of a way to crack it - pick up the torch and throw it back...

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