At night, the dark clouds obscured the bright moon, the starlight was dim, more than a thousand big ships were still moored on the surface of the Yangtze River, the black and swarthy big ships were next to each other, row after row, the masts were like forests, they were discharged dozens of miles away, the ships were lit with lighting torches, looking from afar, like fireflies.

The Tang Army was not known for its naval army, nor had it experienced water warfare, nor did it have strong financial resources and outstanding craftsmen to build large warships, so it did not build five-tooth ships after the founding of the country, and only more than 200 five-tooth ships were also captured by Li Xiaogong from Xiao Milling when he occupied Jingbei, and some were built by Xiao Mill; Some of them were built by Yang Su for the Sui Dynasty and could be used after repairs, but the 'stone' position of these warships was not large. Out of the need to promote national prestige and deter Yizhou forces, Li Yuan brought it with him.

In addition to the five-tooth ship, there are also two layers of ship, this kind of warship can only carry a maximum of 30 people, with a mast in the front and rear, and a crossbow hole, which can not only use the wind to advance, but also can use manpower to row the boat, and drive on the river like flying. In addition, the shipboard has a special advantage, that is, the hull is covered with cowhide, which will not easily ignite. However, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the boat is small and cannot withstand strong winds and waves, especially at night, if it is left unattended, there is a risk of being blown away by the wind and waves.

Since the construction of the Han River defense line in the Tang Dynasty, technology and low-cost warships have developed rapidly. A total of 300 ships came with the fleet, one hundred in the front and one in the rear, which served as the front and rear troops, and the other 100 were mainly used for patrolling and delivering news.

That is to say, there were more than 500 warships of all sizes in this fleet, and the rest were all merchant ships, and they were listed on the river in the form of 'ship-five-tooth-merchant ship-ship'.

During the night, the wind was strong, and the water surface was full of waves, and the warships without loads rose and fell on the water, and the thick cables slapped against the masts, crackling.

The former army commander is named Zheng Wenxiu, he was originally the king of Chu under Xiao Milling, responsible for guarding the Zhijiang River in Nanjun, after Xiao Milling surrendered to the Great Sui, he was afraid of being liquidated by Yang Tong, so he and Songzi guarded the general Yan Wang Xu Xuanche, the then guard general Lu Wang Wanzan, and the Changlin guard general Song King Yang Daosheng led the troops to surrender Li Tang. The four kings were all named the princes of the country, the generals of the twelve guards, subservient to the generals, when there was no war in peacetime, they could control three thousand soldiers and horses to protect the Beijing division, if there was a war, when they needed to be used, they could rely on the position of the twelve guards generals, in principle, as the deputy commander of the army. But the four of them, as generals, naturally did not have the opportunity to be deputy commanders, but they all had rich experience in water warfare, so this time they had a place to use.

Zheng Wenxiu cherished this opportunity very much, and dutifully took 100 ships and 3,000 soldiers to open the way in front every day, and during the day, he arranged 100 ships into a lineup of "20, 30, and 50" to advance, and at night he came in reverse, locking the ships into three rows with iron chains, and mooring them on the river, one is to prevent the ships from getting lost, and the other is to prevent the ships from suddenly coming from the upstream and colliding with the fleet, which is a bit similar to the iron rope locking the river.

Zheng Wenxiu's command ship was located in the middle of the second row day and night, and his command ship was a small five-tooth ship that could carry 300 people, and a small boat for communication was tied to the left and right sides and the rear.

Zheng Wenxiu yawned and asked, "What time is it?" ”

"Back to the general, it's almost time." Infected by Zheng Wenxiu, the commander of the pro-army also yawned.

Zheng Wenxiu moved his body and walked out of the cabin, the cool night breeze with water vapor blew, and his groggy mind cleared up a lot. Seeing that the row of ships in front of him was lit with fire, and there was nothing abnormal, he said with a smile: "In more than half an hour, the sky will be bright, and tonight will be over." ”

"General, this is the hinterland of my Tang Dynasty, why are you so careful?" The commander of the pro-soldier has been with Zheng Wenxiu for many years, and he doesn't have much to worry about talking.

"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years." Zheng Wenxiu smiled and sighed: "Although this is the heart of the Tang Dynasty, the territory is not peaceful. ”

"If the general thinks so, others may not." The commander of the guards complained in a low voice: "The three thousand soldiers that the emperor gave to the general ate and slept at night...... It's like three thousand dead pigs. Listen, the snoring is like thunder, and the command ship is still like that, let alone anything else. If the enemy comes, how will you get it? ”

Zheng Wenxiu also felt a little uneasy, and immediately ordered: "If you pass the order, you will be vigilant for me, and no one is allowed to sleep!" ”

At this moment, the ship shook violently, and Zheng Wenxiu asked loudly, "See what happened?" ”

Someone said in a daze: "Back to General, a big uprooted tree floated down the river and happened to be stuck in the bow of the ship." ”

"Some men went down on both sides and cut down the branches. By the way, the trunk was also cut into several pieces, so as not to hit the fleet below. "Recently, there was a flood ahead, and this kind of tree fell from time to time, and Zheng Wenxiu didn't think much about it.

But he forgot that a mile ahead was the first line of defense of fifty ships tied together, and that the ships were not far from each other, and that such trees should have been blocked by the fleet of pleasure boats. And this mile between the two banks, there are no big trees.

With the sound of ping-pong, the hull of the ship suddenly shook, as if it had risen a little, and Zheng Wenxiu knew that it was caused by the trees being cut down and the ship losing its resistance.

After waiting for a while, several soaking soldiers walked up to the third deck from both sides, and Zheng Wenxiu asked, "After you deal with it, go and rest." ”

"General, there is something important to report for your humble position." A man stepped forward quickly.

Zheng Wenxiu glanced at this person and found that this person was filled with a thick evil aura, "What's your name?" Looking at your momentum, shouldn't you be a nobody? ”

"Back to the general, I am drunk from my humble position, I don't know if the general has heard of it?"

The person who came was Shen Guang.

The more than 1,000 soldiers in the fifty ships in front of them slept like dead pigs, and they had been silently cleaned up, and the ships had been doused with fire oil, except for a small number of soldiers who were left to be responsible for anchoring and igniting the fire, and the rest rushed to this row with branches and branches.

As the command ship of the former army, it is very important to control the hundred ships of the former army, because the fleet is interlocked with iron chains, Zheng Wenxiu prevents people from stealing the ship when it is moored at night, he has a large lock on the connecting iron chain, and all the keys are stored on this command ship, and only by occupying this command ship can you get the key to unlock the ship. Then they ignited individually and crashed into the Five Tooth fleet downstream.

And the sound of ping-pong just now, he and the soldiers were also solving the Tang Army soldiers, and then swaggered up, and under the dark night, no one noticed that there was a change. At this time, I heard Zheng Wenxiu ask his name unguardedly, so he simply reported his son's name.

"Drunk? The person who gives the name should be good wine. Zheng Wenxiu said with a smile.

"Uh...... No. Of course, Shen Guang knew that Yang Tong, who named his son, was not good at drinking.

"Really?"

"yes." Shen Guang looked at Zheng Wenxiu, who was only a dozen steps away from him, and suddenly rushed over, Zheng Wenxiu's right arm suddenly broke, and blood sprayed half of Shen Guang's body. Zheng Wenxiu didn't have time to scream before he fell, because his head had been cut off with a sharp sickle.

The sudden change stunned Zheng Wenxiu's personal guards, and at this moment, they saw countless sickles tied to ropes spinning all over the sky, whistling and flying into the throats, chests and abdomen of the guards, and blooming blood-colored demon flowers on them. Dozens of corpses lay on the three decks, severed limbs and stumps scattered to the ground, their wide eyes hollow, and they seemed to still have fear, despair, unwillingness, and a desire for life.

Dozens of samurai dressed in black water stood around with expressionless faces, their scythes still dripping blood. They all looked at Shen Guang like puppets, as if waiting for instructions.

"I grass... It's too brutal, too fierce. Shen Guang's face was full of excitement and incredulity. However, being stared at by these dozens of pairs of eyes glowing with a faint green light, he was also a little hairy in his heart.

This is the assassin force sent to him by Yang Guang, the number is only two hundred, but if Yang Guang uses it properly, the role of these two hundred people is comparable to that of 100,000 male divisions, and he has been told so that he can only use it at critical moments.

Shen Guang hadn't used these people before, but now in order to take down the command ship neatly, he threw himself in, and the lethality shown by these people was really strong and shocked him.

Knowing this, he should have sent these people to climb the dragon boat and kill Li Yuan. But at this time, it was too late to regret it, Shen Guang knew that these people were full of muscles and lacked wisdom, so he hurriedly said, "Go and help." ”

The warriors did not reply, and were gone at once, and soon there was a dull sound of footsteps like war drums from below, and the occasional scream and wail piercing the silent night sky.

And Shen Guang also rushed to the cabin, he ignored the corpses on the ground, just stepped on the corpse and walked to the inner cabin, just arrived at the hatch, but saw a Tang military captain covered in blood rushed out with a large wooden box, he slashed over, but was dodged by the Tang military captain, and rushed out of Shen Guang's side, quickly fled to the cabin, Shen Guang waved his backhand, and a dagger hit the back of the captain's neck.

Captain Tang fell to the ground screaming, the wooden box in his hand cracked on the ground, and three strings of keys slipped out of it, each key was also engraved with a number, which was the key to unlock the three rows of iron chains, and it was also what Shen Guang was looking for.

Shen Guang stepped forward with a knife, cut off the head of the Tang military captain, grabbed the three major bunches of keys and rushed out of the cabin, let people climb the mast, and raised the fire to signal the upstream row of ships to anchor down.

Under the unexpected impact of the Sui soldiers, most of the nearly 1,000 Tang soldiers on the 30 ships in this row died on the boat, and some of them could not dodge, and jumped into the Yangtze River flowing eastward.

Because there was no key, the Tang soldiers on this row of ships could not quickly untie the chains, and were surrounded by two rows of regiments upstream, and the chaotic Tang army was quickly annihilated by the Sui army with high morale.

After the Sui army occupied the 100 ships of the former army, Shen Guang immediately took out the key and asked people to go and untie the chains.

Standing on the command ship, he ordered: "The fire ship is attacking." ”

The soldiers on the top floor lit the beacon fire, and seventy ships immediately descended the river, each manned by two soldiers who were proficient in the water, and crashed head-on with the Five Teeth fleet.

The speed of the ship was extremely fast, and it approached the Wuya fleet in a moment, and the officers and men of the Tang Army shouted and released arrows one after another, and the arrows rained down like a torrential rain, trying to prevent the fireships from approaching, but the soldiers on board were in the cabin, and the arrows could not hurt them at all. More than ten paces from the fleet, the soldiers lit their ships and rushed towards the fleet.

He ran to the stern, untied the ropes tied to the mast, and then tied them firmly to his waist, jumped into the river, and crawled to the thirty unlit ships upstream under the rope pull, and the soldiers who had been prepared struggled to twist the winch and catch the soldiers who set the fire. More than a dozen soldiers could not escape, the ropes had been burned, and they had to jump into the rolling Yangtze River.

Although Li Yuan, who had woken up from his sleep, had already given the order to divide the ships, the water was different from the land, and it would take at least half an hour from the time the order was issued to the time it was executed, and the soldiers of the navy were all sleeping.

Generally speaking, if three percent of the big ships are ignited, the whole fleet is almost in a catastrophe, and the thick smoke on the river makes no one approach, let alone get on the boat to drive, at this time the soldiers on the ship are unbearable by the smoke blown by the southwest wind, and they have jumped into the water to flee for their lives, and no one risked their lives to separate the boats.

In an instant, more than a dozen five-tooth boats were caught in the sea of fire, and the fire borrowed the wind and the wind helped the fire, and in less than a moment, more than 60 five-tooth ships were ignited, and suddenly the flames soared into the air, and the thick smoke rolled out to cover the sky and the moon.

At this moment, the Tang army camp on the shore has also been in a big mess, the Tang army soldiers who have been on the road for a day have woken up from their dreams, they hurriedly put on armor, rushed out of the camp tent with weapons, many soldiers rushed to the shore, but saw a small boat burning with raging fire rushed to the dense Wuya fleet, the entire Yangtze River water surface became a sea of fire, billowing smoke, skyrocketing fire made all the soldiers daunted.

The grain fleets in the middle and lower reaches also seemed to echo and burned one after another. Because the grain fleet still carried war horses and forage, it had the tendency of being the last to come, and the flames and thick smoke were billowing upstream, which was countless times more spectacular than the Wuya fleet upstream.

Li Yuan stood on the deck of the dragon boat, watching his fleet being engulfed in flames little by little, knowing that he had lost his skills.

Fortunately, in order to prevent assassination by the assassins, he would empty the dragon boat every night, leaving only the ship to patrol, so he was able to retreat to the shore in time. ”

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