Not long after Lin Fu and the others withdrew from the boat, a large number of water village boats swarmed in from the north. Three Mengchong warships were at the head, followed by more than thirty modified river boats and loach boats, and then behind them
A large number of fishing boats were instigated and encouraged by various water villages.
Lin Fu stood on the deck, frowning deeply. Last night, almost no one in Jianyong in the water village wore armor. Most of them were bare-chested and barefoot, holding a knife and charging into the trap. At this time, three Meng boats came in waves.
The more than two hundred warriors standing on the deck of the warship were all wearing armor, and their hands were equipped with spears, swords and other sharp weapons made of fine steel. The warriors on the bow of the ship were holding tiger cards, and there were also weapons on both sides of the ship.
Dozens of people were holding rifles and bows, and the array was more solemn and powerful than last night. At first glance, one might have thought they were from an elite water camp.
Nearly 700 of the Qin family's military guards and the Qin family's military guards hired from Wufeng Escorts were killed in Luoyang Lake. Apart from the armored bows and crossbows that were damaged in the fierce battle, the fine armored bows and crossbows captured by the various water villages after the war were also
There are not many of them. After changing their uniforms, Shuizhai Jianyong became more elite soldiers. Thinking about the bravery and fearlessness of these jianyong during the fight last night, there is really no elite army in Jiangdong County that can match them.
Come.
Fortunately, the number of elite and brave men in Zhujia Water Village was also quite limited. In addition to the three Mongolian warships, the six to seven hundred people on the modified river boats and loach boats were equipped with much simpler weapons. A large number of them were encouraged later.
Most of the fishing boats that came were fishermen from Hongzepuri. They all wore straw sandals and exposed their breasts. They only had simple homemade weapons such as harpoons and bamboo guns in their hands.
A Mengchong warship came forward slightly, three to four hundred paces away from the Dongyang. There was a man standing on the bow. His appearance was not clear, but he was wearing a suit of black armor, which set off the surrounding water village soldiers.
It's very dazzling.
Cao Ziang stood next to Lin Fu and whispered: "This person is Liu An'er, the leader of the twenty-one water villages. He likes to wear black armor and is very easy to recognize..." Last night he and Ge Cunxin dressed up as Hongzepu fishermen at Luoyang Lake.
Fishing in troubled waters, I also learned more about the situation of the water village forces from other Hongzepu fishermen.
"Hongzepu Water Village should have used all the troops at the bottom of the tank last night. After deducting the casualties, we should be able to gather another 3,000 Jianyong. Liu An'er brought less than 1,000 Jianyong. Will the other troops be turned around by other leaders?
Going to attack Sizhou?" Lin Fu asked.
"By capturing Sizhou City, the water strongholds of various families can secure their rear in the Hongzepu area; by occupying Shanglinli, they can connect the north and the south, and jointly mobilize the refugee forces to join forces." Cao Zi'ang sighed slightly, "There are no troops stationed in Sizhou City.
If there is a sudden attack by the Shuizhai forces, the possibility of being able to survive is very slim! This Liu An'er is quite ambitious and has a lot of ideas, we must avoid his attack."
"I'm just begging him not to attack me now." Lin Fu shrugged and whispered. At this time, he would not take the initiative to cause trouble for the powerful Shuizhai forces, but he would not be afraid to back down.
At this time, the north wind turned to the west, and the wind helped the sailboat to sail south. Lin Fu ordered the six awning boats of Xihe Hui to set sail and enter the Shiliang River south of Shanglindu first, collecting the fleeing people along the coast, while the Dongyang sail was half-lowered.
He and five fast paddle boats guarded the mouth of the river branch to confront the boats in the water village.
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Attacked by horse thieves at dawn, the people in Shanglin were frightened, but they still imagined that the county would send officers and soldiers to rescue them. When a large number of lake bandits and Hongzepu fishermen swarmed south, they woke up from a dream.
After Lin Fu led the crowd to escape onto the boat, Liu Miaozhen waited for the situation in Shanglin to calm down, and immediately sent people to post a notice in Shanglin. The notice announced that the government had colluded with the gentry and wealthy families and acted perversely, leaving tens of thousands of fishermen in Hongzepu and the boat owners unable to think of anything.
Ji, together with other water villages, elected Liu An'er as General Shuntian. There are twenty-seven generals under General Shuntian. Today, they raised the flag of righteousness and upheld the cause of justice, killing the rich and helping the poor.
Lin Fu had cut off contact with Bei'an at this time, and he was still unaware that Liu Miaozhen posted a notice in Shanglin announcing that the Shuizhai forces had officially raised the banner of "General Shuntian".
Poor people and poor households were better off, and there was nothing to rob at home. Another water village force also made a banner of killing the rich and helping the poor. In addition, Liu Miaozhen also posted a notice inviting the poor people in Shanglin to participate in the event, but Shanglinli
The market is prosperous, and the landless and propertyless poor and poor people can earn a living by working hard on the docks. They are also heavily influenced by the idea of loyalty to the emperor and abiding by the law. They are not interested in raising a flag for rebellion. Especially when the situation is unclear, most people close their doors.
.Only a few daring scoundrels jumped out and ran in front of Liu Miaozhen's horse to take the lead in robbing the wealthy squire households in Shanglin.
In addition to those who were picked up by Lin Fu, other wealthy squires and small industrial households in the forest immediately panicked. There were so many thieves that closing their doors and sticking to it was not an option. Thinking of leaving the green hills, they would not be afraid of running out of firewood.
, dragged his family and his family along with them to bring some gold, silver and soft things to leave Shanglinli and escape, only to find that there was no way to escape on the north bank of Shanglindu.
Although Xihehui's six Wupeng cannons were so crowded that they could still take seven to eight hundred people to Jiangning for refuge, Liu Miaozhen led his troops to guard the north bank, and thousands of Shuizhai Jianyong and Hongzepu fishermen could quickly
They landed on the north bank, and Lin Fu only dared to send six awning boats from Xihehui to the south of Shanglindu to receive the fleeing people.
Dozens of businesses in Shanglinli prospered due to the river. In addition to the Lin clan, there are also 70 or 80 families who became rich due to merchants. These 780 families formed a large complex of deep houses on the north bank of Shanglindu, even in Shiliang County.
None of them are so prosperous. In addition to strategically mobilizing the refugees on both sides of the Shiliang River, occupying Shanglinli will also allow the various water villages to obtain a large amount of financial resources to recruit soldiers and horses by simply robbing these seventy or eighty wealthy households.
Lin Fu covered the Lin family's evacuation from the Lin family's mansion. More than 5,000 taels of gold were transported to the ship from the Lin family's silver vault in a wheelbarrow, and more than 90,000 taels of silver cakes with Jialin's mark were raised privately. The Lin family is here
There are several houses in the forest, and each house has a silver cellar. Although the silver stored in the house is not as good as that of the big house, the total amount is still considerable. Lin Fu did not have the manpower to move the silver stored in other houses at that time, so he could only move it cheaply.
Visit Hongzepu Water Village.
In addition to accepting people from the south bank of Shanglindu to seek refuge in Jiangning, Lin Fu also wanted to bring as many Gu family members to Jiangning as possible. On the one hand, he took care of Gu Yingxiu's emotions, and on the other hand, Lin Fu wanted to give Gu Wuchen an explanation.
No one expected that the war disaster would spread so quickly and tragically. When Lin Fu landed in Xia Linli in the early morning, he sent people to take a detour to Hutang to inform the Gu family to flee south to avoid the war disaster. At this time, the Gu family had not come to join them.
, Lin Fu could not withdraw from Shanglinli immediately. Besides, Lin Tingli had not been summoned in Shiliang County. If Lin Tingli dared to lead nearly a thousand elite Dongyang horse infantry assembled in Shiliang County to attack Linli, Lin Fu would not want to
Let Shanglinli fall into the hands of the Shuizhai forces. After all, cutting off the connection between the Shuizhai forces and the refugee forces on both sides of the Shiliang River will limit the influence of the Shuizhai forces to the area around Hongzepu to the greatest extent, and avoid the entire Jianghuai land being involved.
Amidst the tragic war disaster.
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Liu Miaozhen sat quietly on the horse, staring at the water in the direction of Dongyang.
Three Mengchong warships and other ships in the water village were anchored on the west bank of Shiheliang. A veteran with a black and white beard disembarked in a small boat. Surrounded by more than ten soldiers, he came to the ferry to meet Liu Miaozhen and frowned.
Mei looked at the Dongyang No. without saying a word.
Lin Fu seconded more than a dozen sailors from the Xihe Society to operate the Dongyang. The more than fifty elites brought to Shanglin during this trip were all wearing armor and holding swords. In addition, the remaining combat power of the Dongyang was given to Zhao Neng last night.
After stealing the camp and defeating them, Zhao Hu temporarily restrained the more than 50 local warriors who had been gathered together today. The others, including the Qin family and the Lin clan, hid in the cabin and could not see them on the deck.
Lin Jiyuan, Zhao Qingshan, Chen Shouyan and others led five teams of 300 Xiangyong to board five fast oar boats. These five fast oar boats also had more than 120 oarsmen to row and control the boats.
On the top deck of Dongyang's stern cabin, the lighthouse has been removed. At this time, a wooden frame is fixed. A bunch of thick ropes are tied to the wooden frame. A long wooden pole passes through the middle of the thick rope, with the tail end pointing diagonally to the south.
The sky looked like the stinger of a scorpion, with a leather bag hanging from the end of the stinger, and winches connected to thick ropes on both sides of the wooden frame.
The veteran also has a lot of experience in this life. Although the strange shape of the wooden rack on the deck of the stern cabin of the Dongyang is very different from the sling crossbows he has seen before, there are many stone bullets piled next to the wooden rack, so he can be sure that this
It's just a small sling crossbow.
The veteran just looked at it from a distance and felt strange. Then he went to the ferry to see it more clearly. He didn't expect that Lin Fu would actually install a sling crossbow on the Dongyang.
"Uncle," Liu Miaozhen asked, "Lin Fu will not retreat for a day, should we tolerate him like this for a day?"
The veteran is Liu An'er, the uncle of Liu Miaozhen's siblings, Yang Quan. Although he is not the most powerful among the leaders of Hongzepu Water Village, he is also the most prestigious. He frowned and said, "You have fought against him. How do you feel about him fighting on foot?"
"The defense is very tight," Liu Miaozhen said. "Be careful with the forty or fifty armor-piercing soldiers on his ship. The local bravery is average..."
"Generally, they have better manpower than those in the water village," Yang Quan said. "You said that he was very defensive in foot battles. At Luoyang Lake in the early morning, we did not dare to stop him on the water. Shen Rong was ambitious and talented, and wanted to rectify the Dongyang Mansion.
The army has not been able to deal with the local wealthy families in two years. Lin Fu may be even more troublesome than Shen Rong----Master Wu has led his people to attack Sizhou. There is no confirmed news there, so we can't fight here.
tough battle."
"Lin Tingli was able to gather nearly a thousand Dongyang horse infantry in Shiliang County. If we hold on here for too long, what should we do if Lin Tingli leads his troops back to Linli for reinforcements?" Liu Miaozhen asked.
"The Dongyang horse infantry is a force that Shen Rong has trained with great difficulty. Lin Tingli, who has conflicts with him, must not interfere with him. Shen Rong does not know whether he is alive or dead at this time. It is difficult for Lin Tingli to control this force. Besides, do you really think that Lin Tingli
Do you really have the courage to rescue Shang Linli?" Yang Quan asked with a smile, "Even if he has the courage, how many troops do you think he can allocate to rescue Shang Linli?"
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Many Gu people thought that Lin Fu's message was just an alarmist. Only some of the Gu people took the bus to the west bank of Shiliang River to wait for Lin Fu to pick them up, and boarded the Wupeng canal of Xihehui in time. Lin Fu could only
Having achieved this step, he can also explain it to Gu Wuchen. He can't hold a knife to the necks of other Gu family members and force them to board the boat to Jiangning to avoid disaster. Strong enemies are everywhere, and he can't separate so many people.
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The situation here is really tense. The troops in the water village are twice as many as theirs, and most of them are elites. In addition, they have a large number of Hongzepu fishermen to help out. Lin Fu is not even allowed to install a secret scorpion crossbow on the deck of the tail cabin.
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The scorpion crossbow is also a type of sling crossbow.
Most of the contemporary sling crossbows were fired by humans or animals. That is, a large number of soldiers or horses suddenly pulled the cable tied to one end of the arm in one direction at the same time. The arm was pulled up to launch the stone projectile at the other end of the arm in a parabola.
The selection of materials for the square force arm, that is, the back of the crossbow, is extremely important. Otherwise, the stone bullet will not be projected out, and the back of the crossbow will be broken by the huge force first.
There is also a heavy-object fired sling crossbow, which uses heavy objects instead of manpower. The soldier first uses a winch to lift the heavy object tied to one end of the crossbow's back. After the other end of the crossbow's back is loaded with stone bullets, the heavy object is suddenly released.
, you can launch the stone bullets.
Heavy-launched sling crossbows are already quite advanced and practical in this world. They save manpower and the space required to project stone projectiles, and the projection/accuracy is also greatly improved. However, this type of sling crossbow is not suitable for installation on warships. Warships
The deck cannot withstand the free fall of heavy objects weighing thousands or even thousands of kilograms many times, and there is not enough space to launch a human-launched throwing crossbow.
In addition, there is a torque-fired sling crossbow, which is to insert the back of the long crossbow in the middle of the elastic crossbow string, use the winch to reversely twist the crossbow string to the extreme, use the torque to tighten the back of the crossbow, and suddenly release the crossbow.
When you carry the crossbow, you can project the stone bullets in the leather pocket on the back of the crossbow.
This torque-type sling crossbow is also called the scorpion crossbow because it is shaped like a scorpion.
Although the structure of the scorpion crossbow is simple, in addition to the crossbow back material, it is also difficult to find suitable materials for the crossbow string, and it is rarely seen in the world. However, the scorpion crossbow has many advantages, especially the small scorpion crossbow can be directly installed on the warship
For use on the top deck.
Later generations of water warfare were accustomed to using cannons for bombardment, but there were not many opportunities for boarding battles. Lin Fu's understanding of water warfare was naturally affected by the water warfare tactics of later generations, and he tried every means to install several heavy-duty long-range weapons on the Dongyang as "cannons"
"Use, currently the only equipment he can choose is the scorpion crossbow and bed crossbow.
In water battles, the direct destructive power of the bed crossbow on the hull cannot be compared with that of the scorpion crossbow, and the structure is more complex. The most critical thing is that this dynasty strictly prohibits private armed ships from carrying heavy equipment, and the three-bow bed crossbow is the first to be banned, but there is no
The scorpion crossbow was listed among them, perhaps because it was not considered that someone would install the scorpion crossbow on a warship.
Lin Fu secretly made two scorpion crossbows, and the high-quality materials used were enough to make dozens of good bows.
The situation had been tense like a bowstring for a long time. At noon, after the Gu family had evacuated the boat, Lin Fu ordered the Dongyang and five fast paddle boats to slowly withdraw southward from the Shanglindu River branch. The tight strings were finally relaxed.
No fierce water battle broke out. After all, it would be of no practical benefit to both sides to lose both sides at Shanglindu.