Less than half of the more than 200 horse thieves led by Zhao Neng gathered in front of the Lin family's mansion, while the rest were scattered everywhere, robbing homes and houses.
Zhao Neng promised to bring them to Shanglinli to burn, kill and loot. The Xiangyong in Shanglinli had been defeated and the Lin family mansion was difficult to attack. However, the manpower in the Lin family mansion did not pose any threat to them. If they did not loot and loot at this time, would it be possible?
Are you going to wait for reinforcements to arrive before looting? It is difficult for Zhao Neng to restrain them from attacking the Lin family's mansion together. In addition to the Lin family, there are many wealthy families living in Shanglin. Why do they still listen to Zhao Neng's order to gnaw at the Lin family's mansion?
The mansion is such a hard bone that can break teeth?
Zhao Neng hoped to kill Lin Fu and Hui Xiangyong when they came ashore. He asked people to blow the whistle to gather troops, but after waiting for a while, no one came.
After meeting together, he handed over a hundred horse thieves in front of the Lin family's mansion to the red-coated girl Liu Miaozhen and restrained them to go to the ferry to ambush. He took seven or eight cavalry guards to collect other horse thieves everywhere. These horse thieves did not obey orders and scattered to rob homes and houses.
Although the soldiers were loose, their fighting ability was very strong. After all, most of them were originally horse thieves and bandits. Zhao Neng also knew the principle of attacking half-crossing. When half of the Yong soldiers returned to the country to help, they disembarked, and when the formation was unstable, they launched a sudden attack.
The attack will be the most effective.
Zhao Neng saw everyone and asked them to gather at the ferry immediately. Some people were really disobedient, so he beat them cruelly with a whip. He set sail on the three-mile waterway, which only took a stick of incense, and he didn't have much time left. Listen.
He said that the door of a large house in the east of the village had been broken open, and that thirty or forty people had gone there to "help out" in the robbery, so Zhao Neng hurried over with his whip raised.
Zhao Neng thought that he could kill Lin Fu at the ferry. His hands were shaking with excitement. He was a little distracted while riding the horse. He heard two strange wind sounds of "whoosh, whoosh", and subconsciously turned his head to see two sharp arrows.
He was shot head-on. Before he could react, an arrow pierced his left cheek and another pierced his neck. He had no idea about killing Lin Fu anymore when he saw a group of soldiers in the alley heading towards him.
The cavalry around him came to cover him, and he died before he fell off his horse.
Lin Fu met refugees at the ferry in Xia Linli and learned that Zhao Neng had led the horse thieves to attack Shang Linli. He, Zhou Pu, Wu Qi, Lin Jiyuan, and Chen Shou immediately led ten armor-piercing soldiers and two hundred Xiangyong in Xia Linli.
After the ferry landed, Lin Mengde, Zhao Qingshan and others led more than a hundred local warriors to stay on the boat. They slowed down the boat and continued to move up the forest to attract the attention of Zhao Neng and the horse thieves.
Fortunately, Cao Ziang, Ge Cunxin and the others also caught up with Lin Fu and the others from Chahe Road at Xia Linli Ferry in time. As a result, Lin Fu had more than 30 elite armor-piercing soldiers available to Lin Fu. Lin Fu asked Cao Ziang to stay on the Dongyang.
They came to the rescue and asked Ge Cunxin to follow them to the forest by land. The trophies that Cao Ziang, Ge Cunxin and others fished in troubled waters were temporarily tied to the stern of the Dongyang.
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The water village of Hongzepu naturally hopes and carefully plans to lead the Qin family's fleet into the depths of Hongzepu before attacking. The vast waters of Hongzepu and the shallow lake are exactly where the small and medium-sized boats in the water village can exert their advantages. As long as they bring
The high-rise boat that Uncle Qin Cheng was riding was introduced into the shallow water, and the various water villages could control the power of life and death. The elites of the Qin family couldn't jump into the water and fight with the people of the water village, right? Even if the Qin family's fleet wanted to escape, there would be no one in front or behind.
It is a vast lake of two to three hundred miles. Hongzepu Water Village has enough time and space to deal with Qin Chengbo and his family, and they are not afraid of reinforcements from the government.
Of course, Lin Fu knew that entering the depths of Hongzepu, the water village forces would have an absolute advantage, and there would be no chance for him to fish in troubled waters. Using fake beacons to induce a water war in Luoyang Lake in advance was the key to Lin Fu's ability to fish in troubled waters. First, the water village forces
The layout in Luoyang Lake is not careful. Secondly, it is convenient for the Qin family's fleet to transfer into Luoyang Lake without worrying about being stranded. This can make the water village forces and the Qin family's fleet slightly evenly matched. Only when the two sides are evenly matched will the weaker ones be given the opportunity.
An opportunity for third parties to fish in troubled waters.
It was only when the main combat force of the water village was always attracted by the high-rise boat that Uncle Qin Cheng was riding that Cao Ziang and Ge Cunxin led the four disguised Hongzepu fishing boats to sneak into the prepared ships of the water village forces and collect those manipulated people together.
The loot from the Qin family's ship that caught fire. The area around Hongzepu has always been in a tense situation. Even if the water village forces unite, it is difficult to have a tight organization. This is for sure. In addition, the sky is as dark as ink, and the water village forces
There cannot be enough lights on the ship. After the loot is loaded onto the ship, even if the water villages will send people to the ship to monitor, Cao Ziang and the others will have to kill one or two water village supervisors and then sail the ship into the branch river in the pitch-black night.
It is naturally not difficult to escape from there. The trophies found by the four fishing boats in the muddy water are naturally the trophies of Lin Fu and the others.
Cao Ziang and the others rushed over in time to meet up and tied a loach boat tightly to the stern of the Dongyang. No one else would have guessed that the loach boat contained part of the loot from Hongzepu Water Village.
Lin Fu said that he wanted to escort Uncle Qin Cheng for a journey. Why did Shen Rong take the risk and accompany him even though he knew that there were signs of alliance among the water villages in Hongzepu? This is because Shen Rong was too smart and too confident. Shen Rong also judged that the forces in Hongzepu water village would do everything possible to conquer him.
The Qin family's fleet was introduced into Hongzepu and then went deeper. Luoyang Hubei Pass is the border of Dongyang Prefecture, and further north is the border of Huai'an Prefecture. Shen Rong escorted Uncle Qin Cheng to Luoyang Hubei Pass and was already very polite. Luoyang Lake
It is Nanjing of Hongzepu, and the north entrance of Luoyang Lake is considered to be two or three miles away from Hongzepu's waterway, which is two to three hundred miles away from the center of Hongzepo. In Shen Rong's view, Luoyang Lake is still quite safe. Even if there is danger, he
You can also take a fast paddle boat to quickly go to Shiliang County through the old Shiliang River.
Shen Rong was too clever in his calculations. Most of Hongzepu was located in Huai'an Prefecture and Haozhou Prefecture. The Shuizhai forces were also mainly distributed in the western border of Huai'an Prefecture and Haozhou Prefecture. Qin Chengbo was robbed and killed in Hongzepu, and Dongyang
The government didn't have much to do with him, but it gave him the opportunity to put down the rebellion and make great contributions. The only thing he didn't expect was that Lin Fu would be so bold as to trigger a water war in Luoyang Lake in advance.
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The Xiangyong camp in Shanglinli was successfully attacked by a sneak attack. The actual casualties of the Xiangyong were not particularly high. Most of them fled. Since no one gathered these Xiangyong, Shanglindu was occupied by horse thieves again.
The Xiangyong naturally fled to their respective homes at night. There were dozens of Xiangyong who fled to the north bank, and nearly thirty of them were gathered by Lin Fu along the road.
Lin Fu learned more detailed information from the fleeing Xiang Yong. The combat power of the more than two hundred horse thieves was really not weak. The key was that they had horses, and they came and went like the wind, which was very troublesome.
Although the Zhujia Water Village fought fiercely all night at Luoyang Lake and suffered heavy casualties, it is very likely that they would come to Shanglinli after a little repair.
Of course, the Hongzepu water village forces may be more eager to occupy Sizhou City on the west side of Hongzepo. The terrain of Sizhou City is dangerous. In fact, the terrain of mountains and lakes to the west of Sizhou City is intertwined, which can be said to be integrated with the terrain of Hongzepu. Some people also think
In the Xipu area called Hongzepu, occupying Sizhou City will give the water village forces a relatively stable and solid core rear. But occupying Shanglinli will also be of great benefit to the Hongzepu water village forces. The key is to contact and mobilize the north of Chaotiandang.
The hundreds of thousands of refugees stranded along the Shiliang River made the incident even more violent.
Lin Fu didn't know which choice the Hongzepu Water Village forces would make. He had to prepare for the worst. There were two to three hundred horse thieves in the upper forest. If the water village ships went south again, Lin Fu would only have three or four in his hands.
With hundreds of men at his disposal, he only needs God's help to win this battle.
Lin Fu knew that he didn't have much time left. He had to drive the horse thieves out of Shanglin before the boats from the water village went south, and pick up Yingxiu, Zhao Hu, Sun Jingtang and others. Shanglin was very large.
There is a large plum forest between the upper forest and the lower forest. The houses to the south of the plum forest are also densely packed, providing favorable terrain conditions for Lin Fu and the others to sneak into the upper forest.
Taking advantage of the Meilin in the north of Shanglinli, Zhao Neng and Liu Miaozhen had limited troops and could not send out sentry cavalry further when the troops were scattered in the countryside. Lin Fu and others led 30 armored soldiers and 200 warriors.
Sneak into the forest.
Lin Fu intended to go ashore with Dongyang's soldiers and horses, and wanted to use Dongyang to attract Zhao Neng and the horse thieves to set up an ambush at the ferry. Lin Fu would then attack the horse thieves from behind, so that he could take advantage of the fact that the ferry was surrounded by water on both sides and had many buildings.
The terrain was designed to limit the mobility of the horse thieves as much as possible, while taking advantage of their large numbers. Zhao Neng was also unlucky. Lin Fu and others were walking through the lanes. He led the cavalry to gather the east end of the village and rob the rich households.
The horse thief passed in front of Lin Fu and the others. Lin Fu knew that it was impossible to hide his traces at this time, so he immediately decided to shoot Zhao Neng and his escort. The two arrows that shot Zhao Neng and one of them were Zhou Pu's.
The arrow was shot by Ge Cunxin, but Zhao Neng's eight horsemen escaped by using the speed of their horses and the twists and turns of the alleyway.
Lin Fu didn't hesitate at that moment and went straight to the ferry to fight.
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Liu Miaozhen heard a police whistle blowing in the village alley, and immediately thought of Lin Fu's troops coming from the shore to kill her. She got the information from Luoyang Lake and knew that Lin Fu only had 400 men at hand, so she was not afraid of how many troops Lin Fu could attack from the shore.
Immediately ordered the cavalry to gallop to the west clearing to avoid the unfavorable terrain of the ferry. Seeing an arrow coming from the alley, Liu Miaozhen dismounted and took a shield to block the arrow, protecting herself and the horse, calculating the distance and the arrow hit.
With the remaining strength of her shield, she could see that Lin Fu had several strong bows on her side. She immediately got on her horse and continued to detour eastward with one hundred and sixty cavalrymen. The bows used on horseback were all short-tipped, and the power of the bows was far less than that of strong foot bows.
Lin Fu and the others had strong bows, and since they were in an alleyway that was not conducive to cavalry attack, Liu Miaozhen's best strategy was to lead the cavalry to outflank them. After all, there were still many brave and capable horse thieves scattered in the streets to contain many of Lin Fu's troops.
After several encounters, Liu Miaozhen led the cavalry to disperse at the first touch. After several trials, he made a serious attack, and just avoided the armored soldiers led by Lin Fu. He looked for opportunities to bite Xiang Yong's tail from other places, and returned.
Fortunately, Xiangyong was familiar with the terrain and did not suffer any serious losses.
Lin Fu really had a headache. He didn't have much time to spend on the Shanglin Ferry. The worst he could do was to evacuate everyone to the boat first and see if reinforcements were sent from Shiliang County before making any plans.
Lin Fu and the others captured a horse thief. After interrogation, they found out that the dark-faced young woman was actually Liu Miaozhen, a girl in a red coat. Cao Ziang was among the boats in the water village last night and also learned that the water village forces of the Hongzepu water village had united and there were twenty-nine heads in total.
, Liu An'er, who was arrested and sent to the army for an incident in Hongzepo in the early years, is the head of the family. Liu Miaozhen is Liu An'er's sister, ranked seventeenth.
The Dongyang was approaching the ferry. The mainmast of the Dongyang was ten feet high. If you climbed up the mainmast, you could see the sentry several miles away. There was no need to worry about the enemy attack for the time being. Lin Fu led his people to the Lin family mansion first to see how they would do it.
In a short time, everyone was transferred to the boat.