Chapter 297: There is a difference between inside and outside
[This chapter inserts some descriptions of the mentality of the protagonist's team, and the original commentary interspersed with too many commentaries in the war is a little inappropriate, but if you don't explain it, it seems a little abrupt to see death and not save it later, which is unacceptable. 】
They were preparing to launch an attack tomorrow morning, and the officers and troops would not set up any obstacles on the way forward.
At this moment, the long-range attack weapons have not moved much, and relying on the feathered arrows in the hands of the soldiers alone is really not very effective against the overwhelming boats on the river.
When the rebels began to land, the large-scale hand-to-hand handover was officially begun, and the officers and troops inflicted some casualties on the rebels ashore the river, and the riverside near the south bank was quickly filled with corpses.
The thin rattan armor was stuck with sharp arrows, and the corpse floated on the water, and the red-stained water mixed with the mud and sand floating from the bottom of the river rose and scattered, which looked a little strange.
However, when there were more and more rebels, the front of the official army was a little tight!
After all, there was a shortage of manpower, and the arrangement was hasty, and the officers and soldiers didn't even need the equipment to attack the fortifications, and they could open the antlers in front of them just by relying on people.
Then comes the bloodiest hand-to-hand combat!
At this point, the equipment advantage of the officers and soldiers was delayed for a little longer, but after all, they fell into a dense crowd.
Since the rebels rushed up, the archers did not dare to release their arrows at will, but there were also sharpshooters who killed the rebel generals.
The rebels are not rich enough, and the soldiers are still rare, let alone the generals who lead the army!
Qin Gang, who was opening and closing in the battle array, wielded a pair of giant hammers weighing hundreds of catties, and there was no enemy around. However, after a circle of officers and soldiers fell beside him, his body shook violently!
An iron arrow the thickness of several fingers was driven into his chest!
The iron arrow was very heavy, but it was full of strength, and it was impossible to figure out where it came from, and the speed was even faster and abnormal, so that Qin Gang, a master, did not have time to dodge.
But the archers obviously underestimated the defensive ability of the worn armor on Qin Gang's body, and the iron arrow penetrated through the armor but was caught by the lock inside, although the impact was large, it was not deep into the flesh.
The archer, who was hiding in the shadows, was slightly stunned for a moment, and then took another iron arrow.
When the sound of breaking the air sounded again, Kong Ke rushed over, his sleeves were flicked heavily, the speed of the iron arrow did not decrease, but the direction was a little off, and he turned his head and drilled into the head of an officer and soldier, and broke out.
The shooter in the shadows thought that he was a little remorseful, and he should have shot at the head just now.
Just as he was thinking about changing places and making up for another arrow, the front of the officers and soldiers began to slowly flank.
On the other side, at the mouth of the Jiulong River, He Yun had already rushed over with a fleet.
Taking advantage of the wind, the rebel sailors were very terrifying.
On the side of the official army, Zheng Tai brought a few turtle boats with him when he first came, and although the ballistas were removed, the speed became faster.
After Chai Lao warned the other party to attack, Liu Shan led people to see a few turtle boats scattered.
However, the other ships of the official army are imitated by Wang Zhonghe, don't look at the turtle boat, the technical content seems to be very low, but the turtle boat is not so easy to make, even if Xu Chen also spent a lot of effort to test many times, and then in Shengzhou, it is even more professional improvement of Jiangliu to have today's performance, and the things imitated by the official army in a short period of time are naturally impossible.
So when the fleet moves, the gap is revealed!
After all, Liu Shan was in battle for the first time, and he was facing the rebel sailors who had been gathering momentum for a long time and going all out, and there was a lot of pressure both in experience and psychology, and this time there was a big mistake in response!
"Oh no!" Liu Shan was shocked: "Their boat can't keep up!"
As a result, He Yun on the flagship of the rebel sailor saw a scene that made him suspicious.
After discovering that his own side was attacking, the sailor fleet of the official army actually put on a formation that made him wonder!
A few of the ships that he had seen many times and that had suffered great losses had made him sail to the outside of his attack channel first, while the remaining ships moved relatively slowly in their place, especially when they saw that they were approaching, they began to ...... Starting to panic?
What kind of strange formation?
Thinking of Zheng Tai's previous strength, He Yun was shocked in his heart, and even faintly felt that he was going to be tricked. However, the speed of the ship had risen, and the wind had no intention of stopping, and his fleet was still rushing forward at a rapid speed.
Liu Shan, who was avoiding the side, saw that the rear fleet could not keep up, and immediately panicked: "It's not good......! This...... What is going to be done?"
Although Chai Lao, who was on the same boat, did not understand water warfare, he also saw the clues, knew that something was wrong with Liu Shan, and saw that the place was close in front of him, so he hurriedly shouted: "What is the panic! What Zheng Tai did before, you can do it now! The people over there don't have to care, just save your brother's life!"
Chai Lao's scolding came in time, Liu Shan's flustered heart finally calmed down, and when he heard him say that as long as he kept a few ships around him, the pressure in his heart was suddenly relaxed.
The people who followed Xu Chen had already become a close-knit small group, and they were tested once when they came out of Yuzhang City, and they were tested again when they came out of Shengzhou.
Today's Keelung City looks like an orderly layout, but in fact, it was secretly divided into two parts, inside and outside, as early as the beginning of the planning, and the inner city was occupied by a group of people and their families who followed Xu Chen at the earliest, and the outer city was the residence of ordinary people.
There is no wall between the inner and outer cities, but people who have lived in Keelung for a long time feel it.
At the beginning, all the family members who followed Xu Chen to Keelung were the families of the soldiers of the Wuwei Army, and they actually felt the most obvious about this division, but they all took it for granted, after all, there was a difference between relatives and relatives, and everyone could understand it.
Even if the people in charge of the key positions in the mines and workshops were all from the inner city, everyone was not surprised, but secretly thought about when they could move to the invisible inner city.
After the large-scale immigration in the later period, in the superficial meaning of first come, first served, most of them can accept such a "privileged class", after all, this is the case in the world.
And these people in the inner city gradually began to consciously distinguish themselves from the people in the outer city, such as marrying, the young people of the inner city will only look for them in the inner city, and most of these people are fellow villagers from Yuzhang or Shengzhou, and it is not difficult to understand that the local view and obvious privileges consciously maintain the purity of the "bloodline".
Speaking of privileges, Xu Chen also did it intentionally.
For example, in education, with the influx of a large number of people, and Xu Chen did not explicitly prohibit it, there are also many private schools in Keelung City, but no matter how famous the teachers in these private schools are, the people in the inner city are also disdainful!
In the inner city, there is a school specially opened by Xu Chen and taught by the teenagers themselves, and the things learned in it are the same as those taught by Xu Chen to the brothers.
In the eyes of the people in the inner city, those so-called celebrities and Confucians are really not as good as their own owners!
Even the title of "proprietor" is exclusive to the people in the inner city, and the people outside are only worthy of being called generals!
It is no exaggeration to say that once Xu Chen decides to transfer the base again, these inner city people will follow without hesitation!
Is it necessary to be nostalgic?
In their habitual cognition, each transfer is not accompanied by pain, but several times more wealth and privilege!
Although there will be some troubles and even some pains, it won't be long before their all-powerful owner will bring them unexpected surprises!
At first, I was still apprehensive, but when I arrived in Shengzhou, I saw that the land had been bought, the store had been bought, and the house was being built.
The same is true when I came out of Shengzhou! The place was chosen, it was countless times larger than Shengzhou, the city was fenced off, the foundation was laid, and the land was ...... Just kidding! Do we still need to farm?
Not only has the wealth increased several times, but he has also lived the life of a superior person, and every family goes out, which one must not lose a few envious eyes?
For such a change, Xu Chen wanted, and he was naturally happy to see it happen, and even pushed the boat down the river.
This is also something that can't be helped, Xu Chen knows that he has taken an inhuman path, so he must make some inhuman arrangements!
Therefore, in the eyes of Liu Shan and even all the people in the inner city, except for the owner and everyone in this world, other people really don't take it in their eyes, let alone in their hearts!
Especially for those who have come into contact with the core secrets, the so-called state and the so-called imperial court, which used to exist like heaven, have really become unimportant.
To say that the formation of this atmosphere is bound by interests and emotions, but the most important thing is that in addition to a few important stewards around Xu Chen, there are almost no older people in these people in the inner city, and things like long journeys and wandering are not something that the old can bear.
is young, plastic, and ambitious, even if it wasn't before, it was deliberately provoked by Xu Chen, and naturally there was one!
For this reason, even if they watched these people who had been in love for a month die, Liu Shan and the teenagers behind him were only sad for a while at most.
Liu Shan, who was freed from the shackles, began to show the results of his learning in so much time, and he took a look at the boat, although the craftsmanship was not taken off, but he could gradually see the momentum of being alone.
When He Yun's flagship rushed into the official convoy first, the doubts in his heart reached the extreme, but when the convoy of the official army immediately evolved from panic to chaos, the doubts turned into shock in vain!
The difference in combat power is too big!
It's already certain that everything in front of you is not a trap!
The officers and soldiers are not rich enough to take so many people and so many ships to set traps!
"Quick! Divide half of the ships to chase those ships!" He Yun realized the possible source of the shock in the shortest possible time.
Seeing that a ship was chasing after him, Liu Shan did not panic much, and began to sail towards the open sea with the advantage of the turtle boat's speed.
At the same time, in the city of Zhangzhou, the soldiers who were poured by Chai Lao Yao were still moving to the city in a steady stream.
However, the position on the riverside had begun to move behind a little bit, and the rebels bypassed the positions of the official army and pressed towards Zhangzhou City.
Suddenly, the messenger brought bad news to Wang Zhonghei at the head of the city!
"Great Marshal Qiqi! The Jiangkou Navy Division was attacked, and our army was defeated one after another!"
"What did you say?" Wang Zhongsi finally changed color.