Two thousand beggars, led by Zhu Ba, detoured to the upper reaches five miles away from Xiasha Port to ambush in advance. After the Yong army arrived, they were responsible for launching a fire attack from the rear using canoes and floating platoons.
Yu Tianxing picked up the order arrow and said: "Liang Yinghao obeys the order!"
Liang Yinghao stepped forward and clasped his fists, saying: "General, you will obey your order!"
Yu Tianxing said: "You lead five hundred people to ambush in the reed swamp. After Yong's army arrives, immediately light the reed swamp, create smoke, block Yong's army's vision, and then go to Yakou to support."
Liang Yinghao took the order arrow and led 500 people there.
Yu Tianxing said again: "Hu Zhongyang listens to the order!"
Hu Zhongyang, wearing bronze chainmail, came forward majestically. Yu Tianxing said: "You lead a thousand elite soldiers to guard the siege crossbows and trebuchets respectively. You must protect the safety of these weapons and prevent Yong's army from forcibly destroying them."
"General, obey the order!" Hu Zhongyang also received an order arrow. He originally provided the siege crossbow and trebuchet to Hu Xiaotian. It is naturally very suitable for him to protect it. The thousand people under his command are also the escort team formed in the past.
, because the war was approaching and it was time to hire people, after Hu Zhongyang asked Hu Xiaotian for orders, Hu Xiaotian agreed to him to pull up the escort team again, which also increased Hu Xiaotian's available troops to 6,000 people.
Yu Tianxing said again: "Tang Tiehan Tang Qingxuan listens to the order!"
Brother and sister Tang Tiehan, Tang Qingxuan, stepped forward and saluted with clasped fists.
Yu Tianxing said: "The two of you will lead a thousand soldiers to garrison in the city. After the battle begins, unpredictable situations may occur in the city. You must strictly control the situation in the city and stop the people in time if they find any changes. If anyone dares to rebel, they will be killed.
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The Tang brothers and sisters also took the order.
Xiong Tianba couldn't hold himself back at this time. Seeing that everyone had something to do, he was not mentioned. He shouted: "Me! Me! And me, don't forget me!"
A smile appeared on Yu Tianxing's lips: "Xiong Tianba obeys the order!"
Yu Tianxing said: "You lead a thousand elite troops to ambush at Yakou. After Yong's army is blocked, they will definitely seize the beach and land at Yakou. You must do everything possible to prevent them from landing. After completing the mission, Liang Yinghao will go to Yakou for reinforcements. You have to
With 1,500 people, how can we be confident that we can block the opponent's military strength several times or even dozens of times?"
Xiong Tianba chuckled and said: "Yes! Let alone ten times, even if it is a hundred times, I will use a sledgehammer to blast them into the Yongjiang River to feed the bastards!"
Hearing him say this, everyone laughed at the same time.
Yu Tianxing took the last command arrow into his hand, and Hu Xiaotian smiled and moved forward.
Yu Tianxing stood up and said: "City Lord, you will command the remaining five hundred people to guard Xiasha Port."
Hu Xiaotian took the order arrow. He cast his gaze towards the upper reaches of the Yongjiang River and said in a deep voice: "This time we must make sure that Tang Boxi never comes back!"
The sudden change in wind direction caused Tang Boxi's fleet to slow down a lot. It was originally planned to arrive at Dongliang County before dawn, but now it was a full two hours late. It was already noon when the army arrived at Dongliang County.
After Tang Boxi got up, he came to sit on the penetration deck. The sun was very good, and he basked in the sun leisurely. His subordinates came to report: "General, there are still five miles of waterway to reach Dongliang County."
Tang Boxi nodded and gave the order: "Speed up the march, we will have dinner in Dongliang County tonight!"
The generals laughed. From his words, it can be known that Tang Boxi was full of confidence in taking Dongliang County in a short time.
The wind direction was still northwest. At this time, Liang Yinghao led 500 soldiers to start a fire in a large reed marsh on the north bank. The fire spread quickly due to the wind. Flames and thick smoke soon rose from the reed marsh, and thick smoke billowed.
As soon as the wind blew, it drifted to the southeast, quickly covered the river surface, and continued to spread downwards.
Tang Boxi soon discovered the changes along the river. After hearing the report, Tang Boxi looked at the thick smoke that continued to expand towards the center of the river and said coldly: "They want to use the smoke to affect our sight. Send the order and speed up."
, arrive at Xiasha Port and land as soon as possible.”
Liu Yuncai hurriedly came to Tang Boxi's side and whispered: "General, the enemy has been detected in the rear. There are dozens of fishing boats approaching our fleet."
Tang Boxi said calmly: "This Hu Xiaotian is quite courageous and actually put up a posture to accept the challenge. Okay, I will let him see how the battle is fought this time."
A general came forward quickly: "General, nearly a hundred fishing boats and countless pontoons have appeared from behind, almost filling the river surface, and they are rushing down the river towards our fleet."
Tang Boxi said: "Prepare long poles and rocks. If they dare to get close, we will sink them!"
Behind the Dayong fleet, more than a hundred fishing boats are desperately chasing. In front of them are dense floating rafts. Zhu Ba led the group of beggars according to the plan to set fire to the boat rafts and crash into the Dayong fleet.
, but their traveling speed was obviously not comparable to that of Dayong. Seeing the Dayong fleet speeding up, it pulled them further and further away.
Tang Boxi came to the stern of the ship and couldn't help laughing when he looked at the fishing boats that had become a small black dot behind them. The fishing boats were fighting against the warships, simply coming to die. He was not interested in dealing with these small boats now. Xiasha Port was already in sight. As long as the thirty thousand soldiers succeeded,
Logging in is half the battle.
The thick smoke spread quickly and enveloped the pursuers in the rear. Tang Boxi shook his head. The other party wanted to create smoke to cause trouble to their own side. Now it seems that they are the ones who are troubled first.
Xiasha Port was less than three miles ahead. Tang Boxi had already seen the three pontoon bridges. He waved the black flag in his hand, and the three armor-piercing ships lined up at the front of the team, traveling at full speed along the water, and crashed towards the pontoon bridges at high speed.
The armored ship was covered in iron armor, and the five-foot-long giant blade on the bow was like an indestructible giant axe. It hit the pontoon bridge. The fishing boats that formed the pontoon bridge were immediately smashed into pieces, and sawdust flew everywhere. The iron cables connecting the pontoon bridges were also broken.
The powerful impact of the armored ship caused it to break.
Tang Boxi laughed happily when he saw the scene in the distance. Hu Xiaozhen was overestimating his own capabilities and trying to stop the attack of his fleet with such a crude defense line. It was simply short-sighted and overestimating his capabilities.
After the armor-piercing ship collided with the first pontoon bridge, its speed slowed down. The navy rowed with all its strength and advanced towards the second pontoon bridge.
The three armor-piercing ships quickly collided with the second pontoon bridge. It was still as if it was shattered, the pontoon bridge broke, and the Dayong fleet as a whole had advanced to the first pontoon bridge.
Hu Xiaotian stood on the arrow tower and looked at the Dayong fleet. The second pontoon was where the magnet was hidden. Although the armor-piercing ship successfully knocked open the second pontoon bridge, the magnet and the iron rope were adsorbed to the armor of the armor-piercing ship.
Above, dozens of huge magnets were adsorbed on the hulls of the three armor-piercing ships, and the magnets were closely connected to the iron cables of the pontoon.
In the distance, Yu Tianxing waved a small flag in his hand, and the soldiers around him blew their horns.
In the smoke in the upper reaches of the Yongjiang River, hundreds of floating rafts were ignited and flowed down the river together with nearly a hundred burning fishing boats, heading straight for the Dayong fleet.
Tang Boxi also discovered that there was a situation in the armor-piercing ship ahead. Before he could figure out what was going on, he heard that there were countless burning buoys approaching from the rear. He gave the order and the warship changed its direction and landed nearby.
Just when Tang Boxi was giving the order, he heard the war drums on the opposite bank blaring fiercely. Two huge stones as big as a millstone fell from the sky and hit one of the warships. Several soldiers who could not escape were smashed into pieces on the spot, and the huge stones carried them with them.
The flesh and blood of the deceased penetrated directly through the deck, smashed into the bottom cabin and smashed into the bottom of the ship. The river water surged out from the large broken hole. The soldiers on the ship kept screaming in surprise. They obviously underestimated the combat effectiveness of Dakang.
Ten trebuchets were launched at the same time, and huge boulders roared in the sky. Dayong soldiers did not understand the situation at all, and they were attacked repeatedly by the huge rocks.
Tang Boxi hurriedly gave orders to disperse the formation. The fleet gathered together and the target was too big. He could not figure out what method the other party used to throw the boulder into the center of the river. In a short period of time, five warships were sunk by the boulder. In a panic,
During the battle, three warships collided with each other. The thick smoke caused by the burning reeds had spread to the river where they were, and at this time, the burning floating rafts were gradually approaching them.
Tang Boxi shouted: "Draw to the shore and force a landing!" More than 40 warships approached the north shore at the same time.
Yu Tianxing waved the small blue flag, the rhythm of the drums changed, and the six siege crossbows guarding the duck's mouth fired one after another, and huge burning rockets were fired at the warships in the river.
The smoke became thicker and thicker, and Tang Boxi realized at this moment that the opponent was definitely not as powerless as he thought. No wonder Hu Xiaotian dared to stay and fight him to the death. It turned out that he had such a powerful weapon.
A warship finally approached the shore. The soldiers lowered the gangway, rushed off the warship, and stepped onto the land on the shore. However, after taking a few steps, they felt that their feet fell into a pre-dug hole. This river bank
Countless bamboo swords were bought in advance. Because of the smoke, they did not pay attention to the situation on the ground. Many soldiers had already stepped on the bamboo swords, and their soles were immediately pierced. The scene was filled with screams and wails.
Xiong Tianba, who had been lying in wait at the duck's mouth for a long time, gave an order and everyone fired continuously in the direction where the screams came from. Many Dayong Shui soldiers fell under the random arrows.
There were only a few warships docked, and more warships were still trapped in the center of the Yongjiang River. At this time, they were surrounded by dense floating rows. The floating rows ignited the warships, and the smoke at the scene was even greater. Several warships
The ship fled to the south bank of the Yongjiang River like a headless fly. At this time, the sound of war drums was heard from the south bank, but the Dakang navy, which had been ambushing there for a long time, started to intercept it on the other bank. Although Zhao Dengyun ordered his men not to go to Dongliang County for reinforcements, Zhao Wusheng
, three thousand soldiers led by Li Yongfu reached a tacit agreement with Hu Xiaotian and built a line of defense on the south bank of the Yongjiang River. As long as the Yong army dared to approach the shore, they would immediately launch a pursuit.
Tang Boxi was so smoked that he burst into tears. He heard the war drums on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. He couldn't help but panic in his heart. Could it be that his intelligence was wrong and Zhao Dengyun actually led his troops to come for reinforcements? (To be continued.)
