Lin Fan was a fledgling, so he naturally didn't expect to defeat these water bandits all at once. But seeing that these bandits were well-trained and had strict orders, his face was still solemn.

"Bed crossbowman, now aim at the ship that gave the order, release!" Lin Fan ordered towards the bed crossbow.

The crossbowmen, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately moved to action, and only when the people on board heard the sound of the bowstring vibrating, they saw several huge crossbow arrows flash away, all of them hitting the enemy ship.

The strength of the bed crossbow is by no means beyond the reach of manpower, and it can be seen that a crossbow arrow continuously penetrates several bandits, like a sugar gourd, and even people with arrows fall into the river, killing them instantly.

Some crossbow arrows even went through the bow and out of the stern, piercing the hull through the hull.

When the sergeants saw the crossbow wielding the bed and inflicting heavy damage on the enemy, there was a burst of cheers, and the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted.

Unnoticed, the bandit leader also commanded his ship to retreat backwards, trying to avoid the range of the bed crossbow, and ordered the rest of the bandit ships to join the approaching official ship with a command flag.

Lin Fan ordered the sailors to reload their crossbow arrows and stared at the retreating enemy ship while thinking hard about how to break the enemy.

Although the bed crossbow temporarily lost its effect, the brutality of the battle continued unabated.

The arrows on both sides rained like flying, the arrows came and went, and from time to time there were soldiers or bandits who fell to the ground wailing with arrows.

However, although there are many bandits, not everyone is equipped with bows and arrows, and the rest can only hide in all directions except shouting and cheering. And the Jiangnan Provincial official army was notoriously wealthy, so for a while, the thieves suffered losses and were suppressed by the official army.

But as time went on, the enemy forces got closer and closer, and the situation changed again.

Seeing that the enemy ship was close at hand, and was about to engage in close combat, the morale of the sailors fluctuated again, causing a commotion, and some people even wanted to jump ship and flee for their lives.

"Panic what, don't mess around! The river is so cold, I have to die if I go down, give me back! Lin Fan shouted loudly, and with a sword, he cut down a soldier who was about to jump into the river and escape, which temporarily shocked the panicked crowd.

Just because of this moment's delay, the enemy ship was already within a few feet!

Lin Fan looked around, measured the distance, and ordered: "Port side, put the clapper board!"

There was a loud "boom", and the two clappers on the port side fell in response. The boulder at the tip of the lever smashed heavily into an enemy ship on the left, cutting off the enemy ship and causing a huge splash in the river.

Several bandits who had no time to dodge were stoned to death on the spot, and the rest of the bandits were no better, falling into the water one after another, struggling in the icy river water.

Naturally, the soldiers on the warship would not let go of such a good opportunity, and they fired crossbow arrows with crossbows, killing the bandits who fell into the water one by one in the river.

Lin Fan repeated his old tricks, and the batters in the other directions of the warship were also lowered one after another.

However, the bandits were also on guard, and only one enemy ship was sunk in the rear, and the other two ships on the right and in front only suffered some damage and escaped.

The thief ship in front of him was injured and finally, the helmsman could no longer control the direction, and was circling in the center of the river.

At this time, Lin Fan looked at the fishing boat in front of him that was almost incapacitated, and lightly exhaled a turbid breath. He said calmly, "Sink it for me!"

The sailor soldiers looked at each other, a little hesitant, not knowing whether to follow the order.

A team of people dressed up stepped forward boldly and said, "Lord Kobayashi, if we collide like this, not only will the enemy ship sink, but I'm afraid our ship will also suffer a lot of damage, and it will be difficult to continue moving." Adult, do you really want to bump into it? ”

Lin Fan stared at him with a gloomy face, and said in a deep voice: "I'll say it again, sink it!"

Listening to the undisguised chill in Lin Fan's words, the captain trembled all over, leaned over and replied loudly: "Yes!"

Lin Fan's order was carried out to the letter, and the bilge paddlers paddled hard, and the warship crashed straight into the fishing boat in front.

The bandits on the fishing boat were shocked, and regardless of the cold water of the river, they shouted and screamed in fright, scrambling to jump into the water to survive.

There was also a "boom", accompanied by a violent vibration, and the warship and the fishing boat collided solidly.

The ship came to a halt like a wild horse on a cliff.

Even though they had already taken precautions, the huge inertia still made everyone on the ship staggered and embarrassed, and even Lin Fan could barely stand.

As for the fishing boats, they were directly torn apart, turning into tattered wooden planks floating on the surface of the river. Occasionally, one or two surviving water bandits holding on to the planks groaned, but they were already more out of breath and less in gas.

It's just that although it sank the enemy ship in front of it, the warship also temporarily lost power due to the violent impact and quietly stopped in the middle of the river.

Lin Fan asked the sailor sergeant and the pulpher to come to the deck, and said to everyone: "Fellow soldiers, you have also seen that the bandits are menacing, since they have the courage to attack the imperial warships, they are by no means ordinary bandits."

"In order to leave no handles, they will definitely not leave a living, now we have been fighting hard for most of the day, presumably the Jiangnan Provincial Navy Division Battalion has received the news, and the reinforcements are about to arrive! As soon as the reinforcements arrive, the water bandits will naturally collapse! ”

"Now, if we resist, there is still a chance of life. If you lay down your arms and beg for mercy, you can only sit back and wait! ”

"Everyone, I, Lin Fan, promise you that as long as I can repel the water bandits this time, my Lin family will be grateful, and if there are brothers who are killed or injured in the battle, in addition to the due pension of the imperial court, I can also go to my Lin family to receive money and food on a monthly basis!

As for all the pulpher brothers, after this battle, my father will definitely go to the imperial court, save everyone from the pain of assassinating the slave army, and transfer to the other battalions of the sailor, and I hope that you will take the lead and sword thieves! After Lin Fan finished speaking, he ordered someone to distribute the spare weapons in the cabin to everyone.

The people were promised, and their morale was boosted. The pulpters, in particular, were even more excited, they were used to living dark days in the bilge, and whether they could see the light of day again was today.

Returning to the bandits, all the bandits cheered when they saw that the ship could no longer move.

In the eyes of the bandits, Lin Fan and the others are now like a tiger with their claws removed, and they can no longer pose a threat to them.

They rowed the fishing boats, surrounded the warships in the core, laughed loudly one by one, reached out from their waists, took out the flying claws that had been prepared to climb the official ships, and threw them onto the boat, ready to climb up.

At this point, white-knuckle combat is no longer inevitable.

Lin Fan shouted loudly, "Everyone, listen, take your weapons and kill!" ”

As soon as the words fell, he took the lead with a sword and slashed at the head of a water bandit who had just climbed up and only revealed half of his head. The water bandits suffered so much that they could no longer hold the rope and fell into the river at once.

When the others saw Lin Fan's might, they all left their timidity behind first, and came forward to fight with the bandits.

In fact, after most of the fierce fighting for most of the day, the water bandits suffered far more losses than the officers and soldiers, and now there are only more than 200 people left who can still climb up with combat strength.

On the side of the warship, the sailors and the pulpers have nearly one hundred and fifty people who have the strength to fight, and the difference in numbers is not so big.

It's just that Gangnam Province has not been in war for a long time, and suddenly when it encounters the enemy, people are completely unprepared. At the beginning, the sergeants were shocked by the bandits who showed off their might, and their morale was low, which made them seem to be restrained everywhere.

Thanks to Lin Fan's unruly situation and command the counterattack, he was able to persist until now. Otherwise, these people would have been thrown into the river to feed the fish.

But after all, the sailors have been trained for a long time, as long as the officials are not afraid of death, the command is not chaotic, and the combat power is still there, and they will not collapse at the first touch!

As soon as the battle began, the officers and men found that they were not weaker than others, and the seemingly fierce water bandits were nothing more than that.

Seeing Lin Fan taking the lead, rushing into the enemy formation, and already beheading several people under the sword, his morale immediately rose, and he followed behind Lin Fan, and he was also fearless to fight with the bandits.

Lin Fan threw away the matching sword that was already missing the blade in his hand, took a spear from the hand of a sergeant, and suddenly stabbed forward, stabbing the water bandit in front of him from the chest to the back.

Pulling out his spear, Lin Fan threw the body of the water bandit aside.

He looked at a bandit who was fighting with the officers and soldiers, and saw that this person was full of beard and had a fierce face, and he looked like a murderer. This person is holding a bronze ring knife in his hand, and he is dancing like a tiger and a tiger, and there is no leakage.

At his feet, several sergeants had fallen, and now they were surrounded by more than a dozen people, but they still couldn't help him.

Lin Fan went all the way forward into the formation, rushing straight towards this person, and killed two water bandits on the way.

He waved his hand to get the crowd out of the way; With a gun in one hand, the tip of the gun is pointed directly at this person, and the meaning of provocation is self-evident! The vicious man laughed and said, "Hehe, it's you kid, I noticed you just now!" Your kid's kung fu is good, so many brothers are folded in your hands! Since you can't open your eyes to find Lao Tzu, then let Lao Tzu send you back to the West! ”

Lin Fan didn't answer, stepped forward, and stabbed with a gun. The man smiled and swung his sword to meet him.

The two staggered, and Lin Fan's spear was slashed open by him.

And this vicious man didn't stop after knocking off the spear, and the big knife in his hand went down with the momentum, and he sank vigorously, wanting to split Lin Fan in half. Lin Fan's strength was not like this, and he couldn't shake it hard, so he retreated with his right foot and flashed sideways.

In the blink of an eye, the two had already exchanged places, and the vicious man smiled: "Good boy, there are two hits, come again!"

Lin Fan moved his hands that were a little numb from the shock, and he also felt a little tricky in his heart.

This person is really a rare master, with strong strength and superb knife skills, if he is alone in terms of strength, he is far above himself.

Lin Fan said softly: "You are from the military, right?" I see that although your sword routine is simple, it is deadly, and at first glance, it can only be practiced by people who have practiced hard for many years. ”

The vicious man laughed and raised his knife to point forward, "Haha! If you really want to know? Then wait for you to die, go and ask Lord Yama! ”

Lin Fan knew that he wouldn't speak, and he didn't ask, he walked with a gun, and the two fought again.

One of them was dexterous, wielding a spear like a dragon, and it was elusive; A person's body is like a rock, and the copper ring knife makes it impermeable and stable as Mount Tai.

The two intersected more than a dozen moves, and they couldn't hold each other for a while, and no one could help anyone.

At this moment, An Ning, who was also holding a spear, came to him, and shouted with some concern: "Young Master, I'm here, are you okay?"

After saying that, he went to the back of the vicious man.

The fierce man's face finally changed at this time, and a master was already difficult to parry, and here is another one, and he is definitely not an opponent.

He excitedly said: "Fighting more and fighting less is not done by a hero, even if you can win, isn't it not a victory?" ”

This is a life-and-death battlefield killing, not a school competition, and Lin Fan naturally will not be obsessed with whether it is a fair contest or not.

He didn't answer, but joined forces with An Ning to fight this person.

The man knew that he could not win, so he wanted to escape. But at this time, in the face of the siege of the two, it was too late to get out of the way.

Lin Fan and An Ning trapped him to the death, no matter how high his martial arts were, he only had the ability to parry, and he had no power to fight back; It can only be left and right, and it is difficult to maintain.

After more than a dozen moves, the vicious man was out of breath, it was really difficult to parry, and finally made a mistake in the defense, and was seen by An Ning, and stabbed this person in the waist with a shot, cutting a big hole.

This person was in pain, and subconsciously wanted to take a look at the wound, but as soon as the vicious man lowered his head, he realized that something was wrong, and he reacted instantly, and wanted to re-establish the defense, but it was too late.

Because Lin Fan had already seen the opportunity, he took advantage of the moment when his middle door was wide open and stabbed directly into his throat, shattering his throat bone in an instant, and the tip of the spear was directly exposed from the back of his neck!

The wicked man lost all his strength, and the big knife fell to the ground, clutching his throat and falling backwards, whimpering and speechless.

His eyes widened, staring at the two of them, and after a while, the light in his eyes slowly dissipated, and he didn't blink a blind eye!