Chapter 317: Proceed with the Plan
"Lord, although we are water thieves, we still know the word righteousness, especially when we take people's money and do things for others, we can be unambiguous."
"Yes, after this matter has passed, I will talk to Brother Jiang Zhou again to see if they are willing to take refuge in me, with the assistance of these two people, I think my navy formation plan may be able to be completed faster."
Although the enemy army had already appeared and killed in front of Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng was not worried at all at this time, and he didn't even seem to care much.
He didn't rush to make a move, but planned to let the Jiang Zhou brothers fight with Yan Xing's men first, and the soldiers and horses he hid in the cabin were not easy to be exposed at this time.
Although the enemy army had already sent several warships to attack on the river, according to Liu Zheng, those men and horses might not be able to beat Jiang Er's thieves.
Even if Jiang Zhou's men and horses were defeated in the end, those Yan Xing's ships might not be able to take advantage of Liu Zheng's side when they approached Liu Zheng's side.
Therefore, it will still bring the people and horses on both sides of the strait back into the water.
If Liu Zheng exposes his hidden soldiers and horses now, then the enemy troops on both sides of the strait will not dare to approach, and will eventually flee, and Liu Zheng's idea of wanting to catch them all will be lost.
The battle lasted for a long time, and two ships were already half-sunk on the river.
These ships, one of which was the ship of the Jiang Zhou thief, and there was also a ship on Yan Xing's side, which collided with each other, and some ships that were in disrepair or had problems in their own right, could not withstand such an impact, and it was easy to have problems, and the hole entered the water, causing the ship to sink.
And the battle between Jiang Tuesday's thief and Yan Xing's side has already come to an end.
The soldiers and horses on both sides are actually about the same, Jiang Tuesday thieves dispatched 1,500 people, and Jiang Yanxing's side is only in the early 2,000s, and there is not much advantage in numbers.
couldn't suppress Jiang Tuesday's thief's counterattack.
Liu Zheng sent the men and horses under the five hundred Zulang who were originally escorting the escort to assist, and Zulang personally led it.
There is not much difference in numbers, and Yan Xing's soldiers and horses cannot occupy the advantage for a while.
But at this time, the people who were in the eyes began to take some small boats and rafts and other things, and gradually approached the cargo ship.
Two or three thousand people, large and small boats and rafts, after all, Liu Zheng is here.
At this time, Liu Zheng did not panic at all, but showed a smile.
"Okay, it's finally set."
Liu Zheng has been waiting, waiting for these other water thieves under Yan Xing's command to also enter the river, and only when all these water thieves have entered the river can he launch an attack on everyone.
The battle has been carried out to this level, and it was also planned by Yan Xing's side.
Yan Xing had already known about the situation on Liu Zheng's side.
On the way back from Liu Zheng's fleet, Yan Xing kept sending people to follow secretly, and found out the general situation of Liu Zheng's fleet, not only knowing that there were more than 500 soldiers and horses guarding the fleet, but also knowing that there were also Jiang Er's thieves' men and horses, after all, the fleet detoured to Jiang Er's thief's lair, and the matter of inviting Jiang Er's thief to guard was too big to hide at all.
After knowing the whole situation, it is also very clear that this fleet has a total of 2,000 troops stationed to escort it.
In order to be able to grab Liu Zheng's merchant ship as much as possible, Yan Xing dispatched 5,000 soldiers and horses from his lair.
He placed 2,000 of them on the river on both sides, and was responsible for attracting the attention of the caravan and blocking the advance of Liu Zheng's group with firepower.
The remaining more than 2,000 people were using boats from the rear to attack the water thieves of Chiang's thieves and attract the guards to block them.
After Chiang's thieves and all the soldiers and horses guarding the merchant ships had gone to block the rear, the remaining part of the men began to gather near the merchant ships, killing the ship's crew and driving the ships away from here.
This strategy can greatly reduce the loss of troops, so that they can get what they want without much effort.
At present, everything is under the control of Yan Xing, and the water thieves on both sides of the strait have also begun to rush towards the merchant ships.
Some people use small boats and bamboo rafts to approach merchant ships, and some water spirits that have been hidden in the water for a long time can swim directly under the water with good water properties, and if they approach the ship and use the climbing props, they can reach the ship without incident.
When the water thieves under Yan Xing's command control all these merchant ships, they can directly drive the merchant ships away from this river and escape from here.
Even if Jiang Zhou's thief's strength was good, those guards might have the strength to fight with Yan Xing's people, but the merchant ships were gone, and their guards would no longer be useful.
Of course, Yan Xing's plan was ingenious, if the guards of this merchant ship were really only 2,000 people, it would be really difficult to stop them, but Liu Zheng was not hiding in the cabin of valuable goods, but more than 3,000 living people and horses.
When the water thieves on both sides of Yan Xing's command approached the merchant ship, Liu Zheng had already secretly ordered the 3,000 water thieves hiding in the cabin to be ready to act at any time.
The sound of thump came at this time, and some water thieves kept climbing up on the water below the warship.
These water thieves have been roaming the river for many years, and they have long been skilled in how to climb into warships.
In an instant, several figures rushed out from under the water, and then a jump appeared on the railing, holding a long knife and began to attack the crew on Liu Zheng's deck, after seeing that there were few people on the deck, these people were even more excited, with hideous expressions. Looking at the cargo ship in front of him, it was like a hungry wolf looking at a fat sheep.
"Brothers, kill all the crew members on this ship, and get this ship to the place we have booked as soon as possible!"
Their plan was tight, and they had already proceeded to this point according to the plan, and Yan Xing personally brought people to take over these merchant ships.
Just when Yan Xing and everyone boarded the merchant ship, they were waiting for them to suddenly kill three thousand soldiers and horses from the cabin.
"Brothers, what we planned is finally here, kill me!"
Liu Zheng immediately shouted, and at the same time, a gong rang violently at this time.
With the gong as the trumpet, the gong sounded, and all the soldiers and horses hidden in the cabin took their weapons and killed them.
Gan Ning and Su Fei each led a part of their soldiers and horses to kill them from inside, and the Yanxing army water thieves who had just boarded the merchant ship had not yet figured out what was going on, and at this time they were cut down by a group of enemy soldiers to the ground.
Suddenly, an even more fierce battle broke out on the merchant ship.