Night battles, as the name suggests, are battles that take place at night.

Under the cover of night, the army often secretly engaged the enemy with quiet actions, taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, carrying out sneak attacks, and raiding camps and villages, so as to achieve the effect of catching the enemy off guard.

The night is dark and the wind is high, and the night kills!

Overnight battles may work wonders, but they also have the disadvantage of being confusing.

In the middle of the night, in the chaos, it is impossible to distinguish between friend and foe, and it is no less common to die under the indiscriminate knife of one's own people than to die at the hands of the enemy, and night battles are easy to cause camp roars, and once there is a camp roar in the military camp, they will collapse without a fight and trample on each other.

In the dark night, nothing more than lanterns, torches, etc., can be illuminated, but these illuminated objects illuminate a very short distance, that is, an inch in front of you, and even when you light torches and other objects, you will become a live target for the other party.

Therefore, night battles are something that no matter who they are, they try to avoid it, and they will not adopt this method of warfare unless they have to.

On a certain day in September of the second year of Song Chongning, the East China Sea Haikou adopted the tactics of attacking Shihu Water Village late at night, for two reasons, one is that the East China Sea Haikou is more familiar with this area, and the terrain has already been investigated; The second is that the Shihu Water Village is standing there, as long as the boat is sailed around it, and then the stones, arrows, etc. are thrown inside, and when the Song army is caught off guard and collapsed, it will take the Shihu Water Village in one go.

As long as Shihu Water Village is captured by the pirates, then the door of Quanzhou will be wide open.

However, the East China Sea Haikou never expected that Shihu Water Village had already noticed the incident and had taken precautions.

The siege of Shihu Water Village was led by thousands of pirates led by Liao Han, the fifth leader of Tongshan Village, and Mizuno Chuan, the sixth leader, at this time, Zheng Guang and the two brothers led more than 30 sea ships to slowly approach the Water Village.

Liao Han was the commander of the Quanzhou Boat Division, so Zhang Kan deliberately indulged it, so after returning to the cottage, he was suspicious, and in order to show his heart, he took the initiative to ask Ying to serve as the vanguard of the attack on Quanzhou.

Mizunogawa, the leader of the six leaders of Tongshanzhai, is a Japanese, and he is more familiar with the Song because he has plundered the Song land all year round.

At this time, Japan admired Song, which can be said to be highly respected, but Japan's admiration for Song does not mean that everyone in Japan admires Song, let alone Japanese pirates? The Japanese pirate Mizunogawa not only plundered the Song land, but also plundered Japan, Goryeo and other places.

"Sixth brother, it's really wonderful, is this an empty village?" Liao Han said to Mizuno River.

When Liao Han and Mizunochuan led people to Shihu Water Village, the surroundings of the Water Village were quiet, without a trace of movement, and there was no light on the wall, which seemed to be an empty village.

"Fifth brother, the truth is real, the truth is false, the Song people are too cunning, it's better to be careful." Mizunogawa groaned when he heard this.

Liao Han and others have already inquired about the situation of Shihu Water Village, they are heavily guarded on weekdays, and they are also very carefully checked, why is it empty now? Mizunogawa was very surprised, something was wrong, and there must be a problem.

Mizunogawa not only speaks Chinese well, but even the temperament of the Song people is more familiar.

"Sixth brother, what are you worried about? Worried about an ambush? Even if there is an ambush, what are you afraid of as far as the Song army pickles and collects goods? Liao Han said disapprerovingly.

"Fifth brother, why haven't you learned your lesson yet?" Mizunogawa shook his head and said, "Have you forgotten about the matter of Waitouao?" ”

Really his grandmother's pot is not opened, Liao Han heard that he couldn't wait to cut the little man in front of him in two with a knife, and then cut off the head and hung it high on the mast.

It was because of the incident in Weitouao that Liao Han was suspicious of the big boss Xie Huaizhong and others, and Liao Han had to make this decision in order to show his intentions and took the initiative to ask Ying to be the vanguard.

You must know that no matter what the army, the vanguard is always the most dangerous, and at the same time the most loss.

If Liao Han's soldiers and horses are lost, then Liao Han will really become a piece of fish and meat, and he can be slaughtered by others.

This is especially true in Tongshanzhai, all the strength has the final say, on the surface they are all Xie Huaizhong's subordinates, but the various leaders are intrigued, fighting each other, and the capital of the fight is to see who has more ships and more people, and the East China Sea is not only Tongshanzhai This pirate, there are many other pirate forces, if the men and horses and ships are lost, the result is that the island they are entrenched on will be eaten clean by them.

Wouldn't it be a good thing to cut this little man in two and swallow up his men and horses? At this moment, Liao Han secretly said in his heart, but Mizunogawa's subordinates would not succumb to him, which was a troublesome matter.

"Humph!" So Liao Han snorted and said: "I, Liao Han, have survived the wind and waves, but I didn't expect the boat to capsize in the small gutter of Zhaiwei Touao." The government took advantage of my unpreparedness to succeed in a sneak attack, and this revenge will be avenged sooner or later. Today, let's first practice with the officers and soldiers of Shihu Water Village. ”

"Why is the fifth brother always so underestimated?" Hearing this, Mizunogawa still shook his head and said: "The junior brother heard that the Quanzhou Army is a new army, and its soldiers are all newly trained soldiers. The Quanzhou official army still has a boat master, and the eighth brother has suffered a big loss at their hands, so we should be careful at this time, not reckless, and need to find out the truth of Shihu Water Village. ”

"Well, what the sixth brother said is reasonable." Liao Han nodded and said: "Sixth brother, your people are as tall as dwarf winter melons, haha, easy to hide, let you send someone to talk about the truth and reality." ”

Damn, you are the dwarf winter melon, your whole family is a dwarf winter melon, Mizunogawa is very unpleasant when he hears this, he is big? Being tall is useful, being big and having a big target, and it is much more likely to be a target for shooting with a bow and crossbow.

"Come, let's get six small boats over and have a look." Mizunogawa then instructed his subordinates: "Be careful, if something goes wrong, return to the big ship immediately." ”

The six small boats each carried more than a dozen pirates, a total of more than 100 pirates, paddling lightly, slowly approaching the water village in the south corner of the town.

The water gate in the south of the water village is a semi-circular large arch, which can accommodate large ships to enter and exit, but can only accommodate one large ship to enter and exit, the water wall is low, there are some open spaces before the wall, and it is easy to climb the wall with a simple wooden ladder after going ashore.

At this time, the water gate was closed, and the pirates abandoned their ships and landed on the wall after approaching the water wall.

As long as you climb the wall, you can open the water gate from the inside, and of course, you can also use the collision angle of a large ship to open the water gate.

Feng Kui crouched behind the wall and saw that the pirates had already climbed the ladder, and secretly scolded the pirates in their hearts for being too cunning.

Feng Kui originally wanted to hit most of the pirates under the wall, but now it seems that this plan has come to naught, and he must do it immediately, otherwise these pirates will climb the wall and then get entangled with the Song army, and most of the pirates will continue to attack again, and the water village will be dangerous.

So Feng Kui took a pair of crossbows, quietly set them on the wall, and waved his hand to signal the other crossbowmen to fire arrows together.

"Open the bow!" Feng Kui bowed down and snorted.

More than 100 crossbowmen under Feng Kui bowed down and pulled their bows together.

"Steady!" Feng Kui pulled the bow to the back of the full moon and said in a low voice.

"Up! Put! Feng Kui glanced at the bandits who had climbed the wall through the battlement, and then roared, stood up from behind the wall, half of his body almost leaned out of the wall, and shot an arrow at the bandits who were climbing the wall.

With a soft sound of "poof", Feng Kui's arrow hit the forehead of a pirate who was climbing the wall, and the sharp feather arrow coupled with the condescending release of the arrow made the feather arrow enter from the forehead, and the back of the head came out, and blood splattered immediately, the pirate let out a terrible scream, and fell under the wall, falling into a mess of flesh.

The terrible screams were particularly piercing and terrifying in the dark night.

With Feng Kui's order, more than 100 crossbowmen straightened up together, opened their bows and released arrows, and hundreds of sharp arrows made a burst of sound that broke through the air, and shot at the pirates who were climbing the wall like lightning.

Almost at the same time, countless torches were lit on the wall, illuminating the vicinity of the wall as bright as day, and countless Song soldiers emerged from the wall, rolling wood and stones, bows, crossbows, flying stones, and so on rained down on the pirates.

The beacon tower on the hillside not far away was also lit at the same time, alerting Quanzhou and other places.

The pirates who were climbing the wall were caught off guard, screaming and being smashed down the wooden ladder, falling into the open space and falling into a mess of flesh, and many pirates were shot to death before they became a mess of flesh and fell under the wall.

The undead shouted in fear and threw themselves at the ships that were parked on the shore, and they were defeated.

"Hit me according to the boat, and give me a hard beating." Feng Kui carried a bow and arrows and shouted loudly.

Countless arrows and stones smashed into the boat, smashing and sinking three small boats in an instant, and countless arrows and stones that had jumped on the boat smashed into the boat, and three small boats were smashed and sunk in an instant, and the pirates who had jumped on the boat were overturned in the water, struggling desperately.

However, three ships escaped the wall and headed for the pirate ship in the distance.

The three ships of the pirates had just left the shore when several flying warships rushed out from both sides of the water wall.

The Flying Battleship is a small battleship with four wheels and eight oars, but its speed is amazing, and it rushes to the pirate ship for a long time and slams into the pirate ship for a long time, knocking three pirate ships into one person on his back, and the pirates on the ship fall into the water one after another.

The Song Junjian soldiers on the flying ship stabbed into the water with their long lances, stabbing the pirates who had just emerged from the water into the water, and they could no longer emerge from the water.

At this time, Shihu Water Village had won a complete victory, shooting almost all of the more than 100 pirates around the Water Village, and the bloody corpses were all placed in the open space in front of the Water Gate of the Water Village.

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! ”

The victory in the first battle of Shihu Water Village greatly boosted the morale of the troops, and they raised their weapons and cheered loudly.

Feng Kui put the arrows into the quiver and did not cheer with the army, because Feng Kui knew in his heart that this was only the beginning, and the terrifying bloody battle was still to come.