"Amitabha, please don't crowd, please don't crowd. The Yellow River is difficult to cross, so you have to recite sutras before sailing!" Majuleg, a pedestrian from the south of Daliao, did not know when he was already crowded in front of the Jian Bridge.
While moving his body forward as much as possible, he was chanting. (Note: Majuleg, Sege and others are the real details of the Liao Kingdom in history. They were killed by the Song army one after another.)
Although he dressed up as a monk, he never ate vegetarian food and practiced martial arts every day. Therefore, the people around him were crowded around. However, no one dared to complain, let alone make any resistance to him.
The Yellow River seems to have a gentle flow, but there are whirlpools everywhere in the water. Accidents of boat crashes and fatalities often occur throughout the year. Having more monks chanting sutras on the boat may not be effective, but at least it can make people feel at ease.
"Don't crowd, don't crowd. The Khitans are far away, and there will be many boats coming from the south bank." The sege figure of the leader of the pedestrian team in the south also appeared on the Jian Bridge. While persuading others not to crowd, he tried his best to move toward Ma Zhu.
Legge approaches.
Some sturdy men who were originally crowded on the Jian Bridge quietly made way for Sege to pass. Then they cooperated quietly and pushed the real people to the outside.
They were all assassins placed by the Xingren Division in the south of Daliao among the fleeing people.
They didn't know how many soldiers of the Song Dynasty would be on the big ship sent to pick up the people on the south bank of the Yellow River. Therefore, they, the assassins, must try their best to make the first batch of people who boarded the ship become their own accomplices.
In this way, they can ensure that they can successfully seize the boat on the way across the river and rush to the other side.
"Hmm -" Xiao Moke, deputy general manager of Daliaonan Pedestrian Department, nodded his head after seeing all the performances of his minions.
As the person who knows his opponent best, he has a secret that he deliberately did not explain to the generals such as Yelu Keli just now.
That is, the Song Dynasty Navy on the south bank of the Yellow River seemed to have strong troops and well-equipped equipment, but in fact, it was just a ragtag group of people.
Han Qing has more than 10,000 men under his command. The only ones who can truly be called brave warriors are more than 80 veterans of the Suppression Army and more than 2,000 grain officers who have participated in the suppression of bandits. The rest are all temporarily put together.
Soldiers and fishermen who were recruited!
In field battles between the Liao warriors and the Song army, they were always sure to win when one versus three.
The 2,100 soldiers of the Song Dynasty, with their large ships and crossbows, were enough to block the Yellow River. On land, they might not be able to stop the 800 warriors of the Liao Dynasty.
Therefore, as long as about three hundred people from the south are sent to the other side today, they can secure a place for other Daliao warriors to stay.
As long as five hundred to one thousand Daliao warriors cross the Yellow River, the outcome of this battle will be decided!
"Three hundred assassins, three hundred assassins are enough!" Xiao Moke quickly made his wishful thinking in his mind while staring at the river with his eyes, determined not to miss any opportunity.
Han Qing was obviously confused by the cries for help from the north and south sides. In the first round, two sentry boats and more than 50 fishing boats were dispatched.
Each sentry ship has a draft of more than 20 tons, and it does not need to carry food for a short voyage. If it is used to transport people, at least two hundred people can be crammed into it.
Two boats, that's four hundred people.
The draft of the fishing boat is only three to five tons, but it is not a problem to carry twenty people per trip.
Fifty fishing boats are enough to transport a thousand people.
Two sentry boats and fifty fishing boats can accommodate more than 1,400 people. If half of them are dead soldiers of the Nanfang Xingren Division...
A bloodthirsty desire quickly surged into Xiao Moke's eyes. The Yellow River in the distance gradually began to appear pink in the sunlight.
Today, this section of the river is destined to be dyed even redder with human blood. Just like the Zhu silk used by the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty to wrap the merit book when discussing merits and rewards. (Note: Zhu silk, bright red brocade silk.)
It was getting closer, it was getting closer, the mast of the sentinel ship was higher, and its main sail had more wind, and it reached the Jian Bridge on the north shore first.
"Don't crowd, don't crowd, folks, get on one by one. Fill up one boat and go one at a time! There will be other boats coming to pick you up later!" The Da Song sailor who was driving the boat put down the pedal, then raised his hand to his mouth,
Shouting loudly, trying to maintain order on board the ship.
How could it be possible to sustain it? Majulege, dressed as a foreign monk, shouted "Amitabha" and jumped onto the deck of the first sentinel ship first.
Sege and other governors from the Xingren Division in the south of Daliao followed closely behind. Immediately, they became the strongest group among the fleeing people.
As for the old, weak, women and children, it is impossible to squeeze in.
In the blink of an eye, the two sentry ships were filled with refugees, more than half of whom were Daliao assassins disguised as ordinary people.
Seeing that the waterline was getting deeper and deeper, gradually approaching the danger mark, the sailors of the Song Dynasty quickly put away the springboard and rowed the sentinel boat away from the Jian Bridge.
Immediately afterwards, eight fishing boats took the place of the two sentry boats and took more people across the river to escape.
"At least six hundred assassins were installed!" Xiao Moke, who was supervising the battle from a distance, quietly wiped the blade of the knife with his finger, feeling the pleasure of his skin being slightly cut.
Twenty fishing boats also left Jianqiao one after another. Further away, more than a dozen heavy Bailiu warships came over, gradually approaching the center of the Yellow River.
If those warships are not loaded with food and baggage, they are only used to carry people. Each of them can fit more than five hundred people. Unfortunately, they arrived too slowly, and on the Jian Bridge, there were not many assassins who had not boarded the ship yet, and the remaining
, most of them are real common people.
"However, if the big ship is captured..." An idea flashed in his mind, and Xiao Moke immediately had a plan.
Quickly turning his mount around, he risked being seen by the Song Army on the south bank and ran towards Yelu Longxing, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army. He was ready to advise the other party to prepare immediately. As soon as the Bailiu Ship arrived, he would rush over and kill people.
Seize the ship!
However, just after running more than a dozen steps, a string of dragon-like horns suddenly sounded from the Yellow River behind him, "Woo, woo, woo, woo -"
"No, the situation has changed!" Xiao Moke immediately sensed the danger coming from his intuition developed through long-term espionage work. He pulled his mount sharply and quickly turned his head.
He saw that two sentinel boats that had reached the middle of the Yellow River suddenly began to spin on the water.
The Daliao assassins on the ship took action. Although he could not see the specific movements of each person, Xiao Moke knew that the assassins were executing their own battle plan.
On each sentry ship, at least 70% were assassins. It was impossible for the Song sailors on the sentry ships to resist! As for the people on the ships, they were even less able to resist in front of the well-trained assassins.
Someone quickly turned over the side of the ship and jumped into the rolling Yellow River. There was no doubt that they were sailors from the Song Dynasty. At this moment, diving to escape was their best choice.
The sentry ship was controlled by the Daliao assassins in the blink of an eye. However, Xiao Moke felt no excitement or joy in his heart.
He saw that the giant ship that was supposed to come to pick up the people suddenly accelerated towards the sentinel ship.
He saw that the thick horns in front of the giant ship were shining like the fangs of a giant beast in the sun.
He saw that the assassins who had just captured the sentry ship were shooting arrows one after another, but they seemed to be tickling giant beasts.
He saw that a huge ship collided with the sentinel ship, breaking the latter into two pieces!