The Daliao assassins and innocent people on the sentry boat fell into the water one after another. In an instant, screams and calls for help came and went.
"Send an order to Zhao Liu and Qian Jiu. Their boat is responsible for rescuing people. Anyone fished out of the water, regardless of whether they look like people from the Song Dynasty or not, should be tied up first!" Yuan Kun, who was lifted up by Han Qing, held a hand in his hand.
With a spear, he stood on the front deck of a huge ship, pointing at the man who fell into the water and giving orders.
Immediately, a messenger used horns and flags to pass on his orders. The two giant ships at the end of the team both slowed down. Then, they circled half a circle to the left and right to clear the sinking sentry.
The boat and all the people who fell overboard were caught between the two boats.
Zhao Liu and Qian Jiu both had their heads cut. They immediately ordered their brothers around them to throw down ropes and fishing nets from the battleship and pull the drowned people to the deck one by one.
Every time one was pulled up, he could not help but tie it into a rice dumpling and stuff it into the cabin.
Although the Liao assassins who fell into the water were well-trained, most of them were "landlubbers." When they were flooded by the Yellow River water, they were choked and dizzy. They didn't even have the strength to hold weapons, let alone struggle to resist.
But the people who fell into the water had no worries in their hearts. After being pulled up, they were grateful to the officers and soldiers who saved their lives, and they didn't care about suffering some temporary injustice.
"Go, row back, row back, go to the north bank, go to the north bank!" Seeing that the situation was not good, the Daliao assassin on the other sentry ship quickly organized his minions and snatched the oars and boats abandoned by the sailors.
He used the helm and tried to row the sentry boat to the ferry on the north bank, seeking protection from his own people nearby.
This decision is extremely correct, but it is a pity that most of them are from Youzhou. They are all skilled in bow and horse, but they do not know how to handle ships.
As a result, before the sentry ship could be turned over, Yuan Kun and his giant ship caught up with him. Immediately, the two giant ships rammed into the side of the sentry ship with ramming angles, overturning the latter on the roaring Yellow River.
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More Daliao assassins and innocent people fell into the water and struggled for help in the turbid current. Yuan Kun followed Han Qing's order and left two more battleships to rescue and capture prisoners. Then, he cheered up and took the remaining six
A huge ship with hundreds of materials menacingly blocked twenty fishing boats that were crossing the river.
On the fishing boat, the people who were assassins of the Liao Kingdom had just witnessed how their accomplices were knocked into the water and became fish and turtles to be slaughtered. They were all so frightened that they lost their souls.
Those who responded quickly raised their knives and pounced on the fisherman operating the boat, trying to force the fisherman to turn the boat to the north. Those who responded slowly looked around blankly, not knowing whether to continue to carry out the order or to quickly find a way out.
The fishermen who were operating the boat were all veterans who had fought fierce battles with the Goryeo Navy led by Han Qing. They were already familiar with the task. When they saw the Liao assassin rushing towards them with a knife, they decisively gave up the rudder and jumped into the water.
No trace was seen under the water.
"Row together, row together! Whoever doesn't row, I will kill him first." Fishing boats are much easier to maneuver than sentinel boats. After the Liao governor drove away the fishermen, they split up and started operations. Someone was responsible for controlling the rudder of the fishing boat.
Turning around, some people raised knives to force the fleeing people in the same boat, and raised oars to help row the boat.
The people who were looking around on the nearby fishing boats also followed the same example. They expelled the fishermen on the boat, took over the rudder, and used weapons to force the people to help paddle. After a while, there were 14 out of the 20 fishing boats.
We successfully changed direction and headed back towards the North Shore Ferry.
Yuan Kun was originally a water general who had become a monk on the way, and the hundred-material warships he commanded were quite cumbersome. He tried his best to chase the fishing boats, but he was still left further and further behind.
Seeing that the fourteen fishing boats were about to fall into the control of the Liao army, there was suddenly another high-pitched horn blast from the upper reaches of the river, "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove horns blaring."
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Shouzhong led the river patrol fleet down the river, like a string of predatory sharks, pounced on the fishing boats approaching the north shore.
"Come here, come here, use bows and arrows to cover, use bows and arrows to cover!" More than 300 steps away from the North Bank Ferry, Xiao Moke, the deputy general manager of the Pedestrian Department in the south of Daliao, finally reacted, shouting at the top of his voice and shouting at the people hiding in the river.
The subordinates shouted among themselves.
On the Jian Bridge, the stunned assassins woke up one by one. They took out the hidden horn bows and feather arrows from their luggage, and fired at the sentry boat on the river.
It doesn't help at all.
No matter how narrow the Yellow River was at this time, it was only three or four miles wide. The effective range of feather arrows was only a hundred steps away.
The arrows that the assassins shot hastily on the Jian Bridge could not reach the sentinel boat at all, so they lost their strength and fell towards the river.
Like pieces of withered autumn leaves.
"Surrender or die!" Commander Zhang Shouzhong shouted sternly on the first sentry ship, pointing his sword down.
He is a true master of water warfare. Most of his brothers are veterans from the Denglai Navy. On the sea, they can compete with the Goryeo warships. At this time, they are used to deal with the Liao assassins.
The fishing boat is like a strong man bullying a young boy!
The fishing boats with only a few to five loads of materials and no strength to struggle were captured one by one by the river patrol fleet, then separated and escorted individually to the giant ships commanded by Yuan Kun.
The Liao assassins on some fishing boats were unwilling to be captured and showed a slight gesture of resistance. Zhang Shouzhong immediately ordered the sentry boat to fire crossbows. In a blink of an eye, the fishing boats were lit up like torches.
"Woo, woo, hoo, hoo, hoo--" the horn sounded again, like a tiger roaring and a dragon roaring.
Yuan Bao brought ten other giant ships with hundreds of materials and slowly sailed towards the Jian Bridge on the north bank. The tall and wide hulls were like moving towers, which pressed the Liao assassins on the Jian Bridge so hard that they could not breathe normally.
"First clear out those with weapons, and then put up the springboard to pick up people!" Following Han Qing's general order, Yuan Bao pointed his finger at the bridge and shouted loudly.
"Yes!" The grain men and miners on the battleship agreed in unison, and then fired arrows from a high position, knocking the Liao assassins on the Jian Bridge into the river.
The people on Jian Bridge fled one after another, exposing the assassin more clearly.
The other nine warships also followed up one after another and launched a condescending attack on the Liao assassins.
The Liao assassins, whose morale had dropped to the lowest point, collapsed in an instant, dropped their weapons, and ran away with their heads in their hands.
"Put down the gangplank, pick up the people on board, and search their bodies one by one. Anyone carrying weapons who board the ship will be killed on the spot!" Yuan Bao continued to give orders without even thinking.
The warship he was on immediately lowered the gangplank and opened a narrow passage between itself and the Jian Bridge. Two teams of miners rushed down with knives in hand and shouted to the people who were in a mess around the ferry, "Get aboard, want to
Those who are alive should quickly board the ship. Quick, quick, don’t bring weapons. Those who do carry weapons will be killed on the spot!"
"Liao's craftsmen, don't get on the ship. Even if you grab the ship, you will be sunk. Why die in vain!"
"Hurry up, don't be crowded, there are plenty of boats, enough to pick up everyone!"
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The desperate people took tentative steps and walked across the springboard. They soon discovered that the soldiers of the Song Dynasty had indeed come specially to pick them up across the river, and they had no ill intentions towards anyone who had not carried weapons.
Some of the Liao assassins who were still hiding in the ranks of the common people also knew that the Song army athletes were telling the truth. Even if they were lucky enough to seize the boat, they would not be able to avoid the interception of the river patrol fleet. They might as well give up from the beginning.
Ship to death.
"Kill back, fight back. Although their boat is big, there are not many people on it!" The only one who was not willing to give in was Xiao Moke, the deputy general manager of the Pedestrian Department in the south of Daliao. He only saw him, waving his scimitar and going upstream, one after another.
He chopped down several assassins who fled from Jian Bridge, forcing other assassins to turn around and fight the Song army.
Under the threat of death, the assassins stopped and shivered to regroup. However, before they could finish reorganizing the group, ten more warships of different sizes quickly arrived near the Jian Bridge.
More than 300 steps away, a row of flaming crossbows was fired. In the blink of an eye, the team of Liao assassins was burned to pieces!