Chapter 224: The Bloody Battle on the River

"Jiang Dalong is the leader of this water bandit known as the fierce Jiao, and today's game is also carefully set up by him, in order to completely defeat the Jiangzhou officials and troops, so as to achieve the ultimate goal of dominating the Xunyang River.

For this reason, he has already made many arrangements, and even did not hesitate to completely expose the original hiding nest in front of the eyes of the Jiangzhou government, just to lure the officials and soldiers into the trap. In order not to be seen by the officials and soldiers, he only left less than 100 people on the island to set fire to his troops, while he himself led a group of water bandits to hide in the river bay several miles away, just waiting for the chaos to rise here, and then using the cover of the dark night to catch the officers and soldiers by surprise.

Moreover, after several encounters, Jiang Dalong also had a certain grasp of the tactics of Lin Henian, the commander of the official army, and knew that he was used to leaving himself at the end of the team, so as long as he launched a surprise attack from the rear, he would inevitably be able to pose a great threat to him, thus achieving twice the result with half the effort.

At first, everything seemed to have happened according to his expectations, the official warships were trapped around the island and were already in chaos, and after their own men attacked with fireboats, they almost lost the ability to fight, and it seemed that they could collapse and flee at any time.

But when Jiang Dalong was overjoyed, and quietly approached the stranded handsome ship of the officers and soldiers from the rear with two or three hundred men under his command, there was an unexpected side on the island in front of him, and some officers and soldiers took the risk of abandoning the ship and rushing onto the island, and in a short period of time, they defeated the hundreds of his men who left on the island!

Because of the distance, he didn't know the specific situation of the war on the island, but he was also shocked, and hurriedly asked people to launch an attack on the official and military handsome ships as soon as possible. But just as they rowed with all their strength to charge, the officers and soldiers, who should have been completely defenseless, quickly put on a defensive posture, and their bows and crossbows were much stronger than before, and in a burst of fire, they had completely annihilated the brothers on the two clippers that led him.

This made Jiang Dalong suddenly angry, he had never suffered such a big loss in several confrontations with the official army in the past year, at this time, he naturally couldn't accept such a result, and even shouted: "Brothers, the official army is just like this, rush over with me, as long as they get closer, their bows and crossbows will be useless!" Kill! ”

In the end, it was a fierce water bandit who killed people on the Xunyang River, even in the face of such a situation, the fierce Jiao gang did not even flinch at all, and immediately screamed, shouting and killing, and quickly turned around the boats that had crashed into one place, and one by one they crossed a beautiful arc on the river, flashed the oncoming arrows at the same time, and continued to rush towards the official ship.

As for the ability to control the ships, these men were indeed much stronger than the officers and soldiers, and the small boats moved as they wished like obedient horses, and in a short time they quickly narrowed the distance between the two sides, and some of their archers had a chance to shoot back.

"Xiu Xiu Xiu ......" Without Jiang Dalong's order again, the archers on more than 20 ships had already released a rain of arrows towards the handsome boat, which immediately disrupted the rhythm of the officers and soldiers who wanted to continue to shoot arrows at them to block their way, so they could only crouch down and hide behind the boat gang. This gave the bandits a chance to get closer to the official ship, and in the shouting, they had dispersed and surrounded the handsome ship on three sides.

Even at such a night, the officers and soldiers on the ship could clearly see the movement of the thieves, and watched as many thieves shouted and packed up

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, many people are already a little timid. The Great Song Xiangjun has always been negligent in training, and has suffered losses under these bandits many times, and at this time, seeing them fiercely grabbing, the first reaction in many people's minds is to escape.

This feeling of helplessness and fear, once contagious, made the crossbowmen fearful, and only a few of them were still gritting their teeth and firing arrows at the approaching enemy, but the sparse arrows had lost their threat to the enemy.

Seeing that the thief had easily rushed to his big ship, Lin Henian's entire face was as black as ink, and in addition to anger, he also carried a little fear. But at this time, he had no choice, the subordinates behind him had not yet escaped from the entanglement of the fishing net, and it was obviously impossible to count on the villagers led by Sun Tusuo, who were further away, to come to the rescue in time, so they could only rely on themselves.

At that moment, he roared angrily: "There is no way back for us today, there is only one way to fight to the death!" It's my Song soldier, just listen to my orders, kill! Shoot the arrows! As he shouted, he kicked the man beside him to the ground with a kick that was so frightened that he couldn't even hold a bow and arrow, and at the same time snatched the man's bow and arrow, turned and raised his hand to shoot at the thief ship that was rushing forward.

This roar really had an effect, and woke up the archers, especially when they saw that the eunuchs had personally released their arrows, and the others had no worries, and raised their hands to shoot arrows at the enemy again. Suddenly, the originally weak and weak arrow rain sprinkled forward again, shooting directly at those thieves screaming again and again, and from time to time someone fell into the water.

But at this time, several thief ships that had come from both sides had quickly approached the side of the handsome ship, and then under the cover of the archers in the rear, they had already thrown the rope high, and after lassing the wooden pillars on the ship, they climbed up the rope.

When the officers and soldiers saw this, they were naturally shocked, and hurriedly swung their knives to cut the ropes to prevent the enemy from boarding the ship, but in this way, the thin manpower made it easier for most of the thieves in front of them to approach them. And while these people were moving, they were still constantly firing arrows at the boat, which caused the officers and soldiers to be in a hurry again, and finally let their bow slam into the side of the handsome ship, so that the already unstable ship continued to shake, and also caused the officers and soldiers to stagger.

The water bandits, who had long been accustomed to fighting in the water jumping gang, naturally would not let go of such an opportunity, and in the midst of the shouting, someone directly took a penny to the side of the handsome boat, and the person had already jumped high with the help of the force, and even jumped onto the official ship without a rope, and then brandished a steel knife and slashed at the unsuspecting crossbowmen.

It wasn't until the crossbowmen fell in a pool of blood one after another, accompanied by a burst of screams, that the others reacted, roared and swung their knives forward, and fought with the thieves. But in this way, the officers and soldiers have completely lost their suppression of these bandits, and more enemies have either climbed from the water or attacked the ships with ropes and pennies.

When the big ship was completely lost, the balance of victory in this battle had already tilted in favor of the fierce Jiao gang. Originally, the fierce officers and soldiers could not compare to these bandits, and in terms of troops, the ship's men were now at a disadvantage, so they were quickly beaten back and down, and finally retreated to the cabin, leaving only about fifty people still making the last resistance.

"Kill me, kill all these people, and in the future, Xunyang River will be thorough

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The bottom is our world, and a lot of money in the future will be ours! Jiang Dalong had already been completely killed, and with a loud shout, he cut down an officer and soldier who had left on the deck before retreating, and then took the lead in launching a fierce attack on the officers and soldiers who had retreated into the cabin and were making the last struggle.

The other bandits were also smiling at this time, constantly moving forward, as if they could break the last layer of defense of the official army at any time, so as to achieve the final victory.

In the eyes of the fierce Jiao group, at this time, there was only this officer and army commander ship and the opponent on it, as for the other hundreds of officers and soldiers, they had already left them behind. Because in their minds, it is impossible for these immobile officers and soldiers to pose a threat to their own homes.

So at this time, the entire handsome ship was surrounded by water bandits, but no one paid attention to the situation behind or on the side.

But at this moment, in the river behind them, there was a sudden shout: "Release the arrow!" Then there was a swishing sound of arrows breaking through the air from below, and in an instant, a sharp arrow had penetrated into the water bandit that had no defense, completely exposing the back to the outside, and suddenly the screams rang out.

This sudden change immediately made the bandits stunned, and they all screamed and turned around to meet the enemy, but at this moment, dozens of sharp arrows shot from below, nailed into their bodies, and made them scream and fall. In just two rounds of shooting, no less than 100 thieves had fallen in a pool of blood, beside the officers and soldiers who had just been killed by them.

This was indeed a great surprise to Jiang Dalong, and when he came back to his senses and hurriedly turned around to look out, he saw that there were already four or five more small boats below, and there were rows of officers and soldiers with cold expressions standing on the boats.

However, this time the bandits had learned to behave, so they quickly stooped down and hid behind the boat gang, and finally did not cause too many casualties.

But before they could breathe a sigh of relief, Lin Henian's hoarse roar was already heard from the cabin: "Brothers, we have no way out, so we will fight with the thieves." Kill! Then, those officers and soldiers who had just been beaten to a corner took the opportunity to roar and kill, bursting out with the strongest fighting spirit since the war with the fierce Jiao, and directly broke through the defense line of the bandits guarding in front of the cabin, and viciously rushed towards the thieves who were trying to deal with the attack of the officers and troops below.

This time, they were completely red-eyed, the Pao Ze brothers had countless casualties, and their own lives were hanging by a thread, so that these soldiers of the Xiang Army, who were usually submissive and had no fighting spirit, became real warriors at this moment, they didn't even make any defensive moves, just frantically stabbed and slashed at the enemy, which was completely a lose-lose posture.

Seeing these already crazy officers and soldiers, the always fierce Jiao Shui bandits finally felt frightened, and the knives and guns that should have been met extremely fast were half a beat slower, and many people were actually cut down by the officers and soldiers, but they couldn't hurt each other.

And the officers and soldiers below also seized this opportunity, and quickly climbed towards the boat along the rope set by the bandits just now, and they were about to attack the comrades on the boat back and forth.

At the same time, several fires suddenly rose from the distant island, illuminating the last darkness before dawn......

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