"The fifth team reinforces the dock and solves the Tartars on the dock with the teams of Lord Cai Xiang and Second Brother Hong! Brother Liu and Li Xiongfei over there, let them resist me! ”

After Wu Yuanming's order was issued, the flagship he was sitting on was gearing up to rescue the Luoma Lake bandits on the land battlefield, and Zheng Xin even stomped his feet and shouted: "Brother Wu, are you stupid or deaf?" The current situation is critical on the land battlefield, not on the dock side, how do you let us go to the dock? The other Luoma Lake bandits on the flagship were also questioning, and they all expressed their incomprehension of Wu Yuanming's order. Even Zheng Xue looked at Wu Yuanming suspiciously, and said in his heart, "Will this guy fight?"

In this case, if you want to change in Wu Sangui's army, Wu Yuanming's orders are naturally unconditionally obeyed, but the Luoma Lake bandits are not Wu Yuanming's descendants after all, so Wu Yuanming can only endure and shout: "Brothers, I know that you want to save the land battlefield, but we can't do it, because our fifth team only has a hundred people, plus the two hundred people on Brother Liu's side, a total of three hundred, and the Tartars on the land battlefield have five hundred, and we are still outnumbered." But if we solve the Tartars on the dock first, and then go to save the land battlefield with the team of Second Brother Hong and the Heaven and Earth Society, there will be more than 500 people in our five detachments, not only can we take advantage of the number to defeat and destroy the Tartars, but we don't have to worry about the Tartars on the dock going back to the land battlefield! So if you want to save Brother Liu and them, you have to wipe out the Tartars on the dock first, do you understand this truth? ”

"Got it!" The water bandits on the flagship were explained by Wu Yuanming, and they immediately came to their senses, and shouted in a hurry: "Kill all the Tartars on the dock first, and then save Brother Liu!" Zheng Xin also turned his anger into joy after thinking about it, and rarely praised Wu Yuanming and said: "Yes, this is my smart Brother Wu." Zheng Xue turned her face away from Wu Yuanming, not knowing what to think in her heart. But Wu Yuanming didn't have time to pay attention to the difficult sisters at the moment, he just tore his throat and shouted hoarsely: "It's good to understand, set sail and reinforce the dock!" ”

"Yes!" All the sailors agreed in unison and set sail to the dock of the Suqian River Defense Camp. As soon as Wu Yuanming ordered the flagship to dock outside the fire, hundreds of anxious Luoma Lake bandits immediately rushed down the flagship with a roar and joined the battle on the dock. Zheng Xin also took Wu Yuanming's hand and shouted: "Brother Wu, we will also go to help, you use a musket to fight the tartars, and my sister and I will protect you." ”

"Nonsense!" Wu Yuanming shook off Zheng Xin's hand and said with a calm face: "I am the commander-in-chief of the battle, I went to participate in the battle, who will command the army?" Don't go with your sister, stay on the flagship honestly, and listen to orders at any time! ”

"Xin Xin, you big brother whore thief is right, stand over here, don't disturb him." Zheng Xue pulled Zheng Xin next to her, but turned her face and refused to look at Wu Yuanming. Zheng Xin couldn't resist her sister, so she had to say angrily: "Very good, you dare to shake my hand, you are getting bolder and bigger, let's see!" At this moment, Wu Yuanming was in the mood to entangle with the two sisters, just standing on the bow of the ship and watching the battle on the dock nervously, fortunately, the Luoma Lake team on the dock had the upper hand, and there was a new force to join the battlefield, and the Luoma Lake team immediately rushed the Qing army to the ground, and the Qing army had already shown its direction of collapse. But this situation did not satisfy Wu Yuanming, and Wu Yuanming shouted again: "Look at the lookout, give orders to the teams on the dock, let them rush more!" Faster! ”

"Order!" The sailors on the lookout immediately pulled the lanterns that commanded Hong Dashan and Cai Dezhong back and forth, urging them to speed up their actions. At the same time, the Pegasus of the Suqian River Defense Battalion rushed over and shouted loudly on the horse: "The general has an order, the reinforcements will arrive immediately, be sure to hold the water camp, and the officers and soldiers of the water camp will take a step back, and behead!" Two diametrically opposed orders were issued at the same time, and the two armies on the dock immediately became as agitated as if they had been stimulated, and the slashing was more fierce and more brutal. For a time, the two battles of the water camp and the land camp formed a similar situation, the land Qing army had the advantage, and the water camp Luomahu team had the upper hand, and who won and who lost already depended on who defeated the opponent's weaker team first.

Seeing this scene, Wu Yuanming couldn't help but be secretly frightened, and said in his heart: "Damn! This relative of Ao Bai is really not simple, fortunately his strength has been weakened by half, otherwise it would be a bad cake tonight! Thinking of this, Wu Yuanming made a nervous calculation, took out a flintlock musket from his waist, handed it to Zheng Xin along with some ammunition, and ordered the Zheng family sisters: "Xin Xin, you take my musket to participate in the battle, remember, specifically fight the tartars who wear tops." Cher, you go too, to protect your sister. ”

"Order." Zheng Xin happily took the musket and ammunition, and gave Wu Yuanming a military salute in a decent manner. Zheng Xin has been pestering Wu Yuanming to give her a flintlock musket, but Wu Yuanming only let her take a few shots to enjoy it, but he said that he refused to give her this life-saving guy - this time he handed the musket to her, and it is estimated that Wu Yuanming has no hope of going back. And Zheng Xue glanced at Wu Yuanming, and muttered in a low voice: "Shameless, who is your Xue'er?" ”

"Go quickly, go quickly, capture the thief and capture the king first, as long as you defeat a few Tartar officers, the Tartar team will be in chaos." Wu Yuanming urged repeatedly. The Zheng sisters did not hesitate any longer, and immediately disembarked and rushed to the dock to participate in the battle. Zheng Xin picked the Qing army sentry chief, sentry officer and chief with a top on his head according to Wu Yuanming's instructions to shoot, Zheng Xue raised his sword to protect his sister, and just as Wu Yuanming expected, every time Zheng Xin secretly calculated a Qing army officer, there would inevitably be a short-term chaos in the rigorous Qing army combat team around him, and the Luoma Lake bandits and rivers and lakes would also have an opportunity to scatter the Qing army combat team and cut and slaughter. Only a moment later, the Zheng sisters assisted the Luomahu team in killing five Qing army squads.

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At the same time, on the land battlefield, Liu Haozi and the garrison Weng Wotu of the Suqian River Defense Battalion also fought equally, and Liu Haozi, who was obtained from the true biography of Hu Yizhi, the king of Yum Meidao, did not kill Weng Wotu for such a long time, so angry that Liu Haozi shouted repeatedly, "Good dog Tartar, it can last until now, there is a set!" Look at the knives! Over there, Weng Wotu also became more and more frightened, and also shouted: "What a southern barbarian, he can fight with Lao Tzu for so long, and it is the first time that Lao Tzu has encountered such a thing since he entered the customs!" Eat Lao Tzu with a knife! ”

With a loud bang, Liu Haozi and Weng Wotu collided in mid-air with all their strengths, and after a series of sparks burst out, their knives were all broken in two, and their wrists and tiger mouths were numb and swollen, and they both jumped back to their respective teams. Liu Haozi was impatient, smashed the broken knife into the face of a nearby Qing army, smashed him all over the face, and snatched his single knife again, but when Liu Haozi went to fight Weng Wotu again, he found that Weng Wotu had also grabbed a knife and had flashed to the other side to find other opponents. Liu Haozi thought that Weng Wotu was afraid of himself, and couldn't help laughing: "Hahahaha, dog Tartar, you are finally afraid of Lao Tzu." ”

"Brother Liu, don't fall for him, this Tartar is very powerful, you can deal with him, go and entangle him!" Li Xiongfei saw Weng Wotu's sinister intention of avoiding the strong and attacking the weak, and shouted to remind Liu Haozi. Liu Haozi's heart froze, and after a closer look, he found that the others really couldn't stop Weng Wotu, so he hurriedly picked up the knife and slashed all the way and rushed up with a strange scream, "Dog Tartar, the fight between the master and you is not over yet, stop for Lao Tzu!" Over there, Weng Wotu was helpless, so he had to return his knife to catch Liu Haozi, who was on a par with him, and shouted at the same time: "Rush to Lao Tzu and kill these southern barbarians!" Fast! ”

Although the official position is not high, but Weng Wotu is indeed very good at leading the troops, in such a cruel and fierce hard encounter, if you want to change the general army, people have long been panicked and even collapsed, but the army that he has come out of is not afraid, and stubbornly launched a charge again and again towards the equally tenacious Luoma Lake team, even if he pays a heavy price. And Li Xiongfei, a veteran of the army, also understands that only by resisting them can he have a chance of winning, and he is also taking the lead in the front, "Brothers, hold on, until the reinforcements come!" ”

When the two armies meet, the brave wins! On the two battlefields on land and water, which were less than three miles apart, the Qing army and the Luomahu team fought to the death, turning the water surface and the land into two Shura slaughterhouses. On one side is the fire, the blood and limbs are flowing with the waves, everyone is slashing and stabbing like crazy, people are constantly cutting off their heads and arms, the ** of white flowers and the red blood are splashed high, and you can see the soldiers on both sides everywhere, and the tragedy of the scene can no longer be described with pen and ink.

On the dock side, as most of the Qing army's ships were ignited, Hong Dashan's team could finally let go and join the battle, plus the Qing army on the dock did not have a strong and fierce general commander like Weng Wotu, and the advantage of the Luoma Lake team was getting bigger and bigger, finally, the first Qing army on the dock began to flee for their lives, and the fear of death and cripplement immediately infected the Qing army on the dock like a plague, and fled one after another, and the remaining Qing troops were even more panicked, and were soon caught up by the Luoma Lake team on land and retreated. Wu Yuanming, who was on the flagship, saw that there was an opportunity, and hurriedly commanded the remaining more than ten sailors on the flagship to beat drums and gongs, and the piercing gongs and drums made the Qing troops on the dock mistakenly think that there were still reinforcements at Luoma Lake, and the situation of fleeing became more and more serious.

"Let's go, the others stay at the flagship!" Wu Yuanming shouted to the last three veterans of Wu Sangui's army who were guarding him, and took the lead in rushing down the flagship, while the three Wu Sangui veterans who stayed by Wu Yuanming's side directly jumped off the warship and rushed to the dock with Wu Yuanming. When Wu Yuanming rushed to the battlefield, the Qing army on the dock had been cut down to only five or six people, Wu Yuanming took out his musket and raised his hand to shoot down a Qing soldier, shouting: "Kill them all, not one will be left!" ”

"Kill!" Hong Dashan, Cai Dezhong and the others each screamed, and with a wave of their knives, they cut the frightened Qing soldiers into pieces of meat, ending the battle on this side of the dock. Wu Yuanming shouted again: "Organize the team, the seriously injured and the twenty lightly injured will stay, and the others will follow me to reinforce Brother Liu!" ”

"Reinforcement Brother Liu!" The Luoma Lake team was quickly reorganized, but the people of the Tiandi Guild and the Jianghu Heroes who had not been trained by the army were relatively chaotic, but under Cai Dezhong's crazy shouts, these scattered Jianghu Heroes finally barely stood together, and rushed to the direction of the land camp with the neat Luoma Lake bandits. Twenty or so members of the Llama Lake team, who had been lightly and seriously wounded, remained in place, bandaging their wounds while guarding the boat.

When rushing to the land battlefield three miles away at full speed, Liu Haozi was still fighting on par with Weng Wotu, while the team led by Li Xiongfei had already suffered more than half of the casualties. Hong Dashan and Cai Dezhong's team immediately shouted, "Kill the Tartars!" "Kill the dog Tartar!" Killing the enemy array like a tiger heading down the mountain, the Luoma Lake team, which was already about to be unable to support it, saw the arrival of reinforcements, and immediately boosted their morale, and their tired bodies burst out again.

"That is the commander of the Tartars?" By the weak light of the torches of the Qing army, Wu Yuanming quickly searched for the main general of the Qing army, and when he saw the top of the hat of Weng Wotu who fought viciously with Liu Haozi, Wu Yuanming's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he hurriedly asked three Wu Sangui veterans to protect themselves close to Weng Wotu, three experienced Wu Sangui veterans formed a triangle and surrounded Wu Yuanming in the past, and when he rushed to the 80 steps range of the flintlock musket (note: 1), Wu Yuanming saw the opportunity to raise his hand and shoot, which happened to hit Weng Wotu's right shoulder, Weng Wotu let go of his hand in pain, and the steel knife fell to the ground, But Liu Haozi's new knife had already been cut again, and Weng Wotu had no choice but to retreat and jump away, but fortunately, Liu Haozi's knife speed slowed down after a long battle, and Weng Wotu reluctantly fled back to his own team.

"Ongwotu is dead! Weng Wotu is dead! Knowing that he didn't kill Weng Wotu, Wu Yuanming still shouted nonsense with his eyes open, followed by the three Wu Sangui veterans around Wu Yuanming, and also shouted: "Weng Wotu is dead!" The dog Tartar Weng Wotu is dead! The team of Llama Lake next to him didn't know what was going on, and they also shouted. And because the Qing army couldn't see the distance in the night, they heard the shouts of the Luoma Lake team, and really thought that the main general was killed, and they couldn't help but panic in their hearts, and the team was also scattered and repelled by the Luoma Lake side.

"Lao Tzu is not dead...... Weng Wotu knew the result of the army's panic, and quickly jumped out to make a statement, but there was a loud "bang" here, and another shot came, grazing Weng Wotu's body and burrowing into the body of the Qing soldiers behind him, so frightened that Weng Wotu had to retract again. Wu Yuanming, who was still loading ammunition, smiled heartily, and said that the little girl was also taught bad by me - it turned out that this gun was actually shot by Zheng Xin for Wu Yuanming.

"Brothers, kill the Tartars!" Wu Yuanming kept shouting and cheering, and the morale-boosting Luoma Lake also shouted endlessly, killing the Qing army to the point of defeat and retreat, and the same as on the dock, the demoralized Qing army also fled. Even Weng Wotu himself saw the fire at the dock, knowing that even if he rushed over, he would not be able to save the fleet, in order to prevent the soldiers from dying in vain, Weng Wotu finally gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and said: "Withdraw!" I have resisted all kinds of crimes! I can't trade the lives of my brothers for a few broken boats! ”

"Withdraw!" The Qing army has been looking forward to this order for a long time, all of them are scrambling to scatter and flee for their lives, the Luomahu team took advantage of the situation to rush and kill, and completely killed the Qing army, after half an hour, the Qing army fled cleanly, leaving only some seriously injured lying on the ground and rolling **, but few surrendered. The Luomahu team pursued and killed under the command of Wu Yuanming, and it was not until the land battalion of the Suqian River Defense Battalion was occupied that Wu Yuanming ordered to collect the troops and clean up the battlefield.

"What a fierce battle, Weng Wotu, I remember your name." After the battle, Wu Yuanming gasped and said with a long sigh. Li Xiongfei, who led the team to clean up the battlefield, came over and said, "Cousin, the prisoners have been counted, and forty-seven prisoners have been caught, most of whom are seriously injured, what should I do?" ”

"The weapons were confiscated, the seriously wounded were bandaged and administered, and they were all released. Hehe, what a group of stubborn enemies who surrendered so little. Wu Yuanming gasped and said. Li Xiongfei understood Wu Yuanming's psychology, and also nodded: "Yes, I have fought with my brother-in-law for more than ten years, and I have never seen such a tenacious enemy a few times, and it is unreasonable to kill them." However, my cousin was able to defeat such a powerful enemy with troops for the first time, Wang ...... I'll be glad to know that. ”

"Hehe, I still have to learn more from my father." Wu Yuanming was about to be modest when a gunshot suddenly sounded in the distance, Wu Yuanming thought it was a good thing that Zheng Xin did at first, but in a blink of an eye, he saw Zheng Xin lying on her sister's lap resting on the ground not far away, Wu Yuanming couldn't help but ask, "Who fired the gun?" ”

"Brother Wu, there are still a few people here, they don't look like Tartars, but they have muskets, and our brothers have been wounded." The shouts of the water bandits in Luoma Lake came from the place where the guns rang out, Wu Yuanming hurriedly went over with Li Xiongfei to check, and when he arrived at the scene, Wu Yuanming saw a figure shaking in the grass from a distance, Wu Yuanming estimated the range of the musket in this era, stood more than 90 steps away from the grass and shouted: "Who are you?" We are heroes who oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and we will not hurt ordinary people, so don't be afraid. ”

"The devil believes you bandits! Don't come here, or I'll shoot! A crisp and sweet girl's voice came from the grass, shouting nervously. Wu Yuanming said with a smile: "Little girl, come out obediently, I also play with muskets, this distance from the gun has already landed, can you hit me?" ”

"You say I can't beat you?" The girl shouted angrily, "Look, I'll call you!" ”

"Okay." Wu Yuanming said that it was okay to consume this girl's bullets, so he crossed his legs and hugged his chest and stood still, laughing and said, "Little girl, as long as you can hit me in the chest, I will let you go." ”

"I don't want to kill, I'll hit you in the leg." The girl shouted, lit the line of fire and shot Wu Yuanming in the leg. Wu Yuanming knew that the maximum range of the musket in this era was only eighty steps, so he didn't dodge - but the next situation made Wu Yuanming dumbfounded, and after a loud bang, the gun flew out of the skin of Wu Yuanming's legs, and fell to the ground more than ten steps behind Wu Yuanming, splashing a large piece of dust, sand and grass blades.

"A musket with a range of more than a hundred paces?" Wu Yuanming was completely stunned, and said in his heart, "Could it be that this little girl is also a traverser like me?" ”

Note 1: In ancient times, since the Tang Dynasty, the construction ruler used by the Ministry of Industry, also known as the Ministry ruler, commonly known as the Luban ruler, five feet is a step, each foot is 42.9 cm long, and it was changed to 0.32 meters per foot after Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. The era in the book is located before Guangxu, so the book uses a length of 42.9 centimeters per foot and a length of 2.145 meters per step.