The reason why I chose to store supplies in Xiliu Town is mainly because of the special terrain of this place, with water on three sides, and only one road in front, as long as it is to guard the main gate, then there is absolutely no problem with defense.

There are 5,000 bandits in Xiliu Town, and it seems that the defense is enough, after all, there is only one exit in the entire Xiliu Town, so it can be said that one man is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open.

The water of the Red River almost surrounds the town of Xiliu, winds through the town of Honghe, and finally leaves the Muzhou area from the town of Qingxi. The water of this red river is very peculiar, the river is very shallow in Qingxi Town, but it is very deep in this section of Xiliu Town, and the thousand stone ships can pass through, which is the reason why the warships of the water military camp have a thousand stone boats.

Taking down the water military camp is the biggest test in Li Jun's life, but fortunately he does not disgrace his mission, but he knows that only the boss can bear it, otherwise the court will definitely not allow it.

The attack on Qingxi Town is false, but the attack on Xiliu Town is real. Li Jun called Tong Meng, Tong Wei, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun and others to his tent.

After everyone arrived, Li Jun said: "This time we took the water barracks, and the brothers contributed a lot, which means that our career will start from here." It's just that the test for us has just begun, and we have a 3,000-sailor army here, and we are indeed going to fight against the 5,000 rebels in Xiliu Town, both in terms of numbers and actual combat capabilities, we are suffering a big loss. Regarding this battle, I don't know if the brothers have any good advice. ”

Tong Wei thought about this problem at the beginning, and now that the boss asked, he said: "On the shore, it must be the rebels who have the advantage, once we go ashore, in close combat, we will suffer huge casualties, and it is difficult to say whether we can take Xiliu Town." However, our navy has its own advantages, that is, long-range attacks, using small trebuchets, god arms, and fire oil, to carry out long-range attacks, it must be effective. You must know that when it gets dark, almost everyone can't see anything, as long as we make a big move, we will definitely be able to deal a heavy psychological blow to the rebels, this rabble, once they can't bear it, they will flee. ”

Yes, Lord Liu didn't say that he wanted to plunder the materials here, he just said that he would destroy them, so wouldn't it be okay to burn Xiliu Town? Li Jun suddenly opened his mouth, and he said: "Tong Wei, among the brothers, you like to use your brain the most, tell me, how we will win, or how we should fight this battle, you will command." ”

The weight of a thousand catties was on his shoulders, but it did not crush Tong Wei, on the contrary, he was much calmer than before, he said: "The Red River flows from the south, north, and west of Xiliu Town, but the riverbed on three sides is not the wider, the north is the widest, and the south is the narrowest. We can send a group of water spirits to quietly go into the water from the narrowest south, and after going ashore, go and set fire with fire oil to attract the rebels to come and put out the fire, and then our warships will concentrate on the north side, attack with trebuchets, and then send a thousand soldiers ashore from the south, but kill them from the west, not to kill them, but to make a movement and scare the rebels away, and of course if they don't go, the trebuchets will start to shoot canisters with fire oil to burn the town of Xiliu. ”

"Xiliu Town is too big, not much smaller than Muzhou, it is obviously unrealistic to burn Xiliu Town, but we can transport a part of the trebuchet Tongguan south to the shore, so that we can throw the canister of fire oil into the center of the town, the deterrent effect will be greater, once the rebels can't hold on and escape, we will kill it, and try not to hit it as hard as possible before." Li Jun approved Tong Wei's plan, and he finally said: "Zhang Shun, you are responsible for organizing the water ghosts to go to the south to set fires, Zhang Heng, you are responsible for organizing the soldiers to go ashore to make a move, and make the battle as big as possible." Tong Wei, Tong Meng, you two brothers are responsible for sending the trebuchet ashore, as for the long-range attack, I am personally responsible, okay, everyone prepare, set off as soon as it gets dark, and strive for the third watch day to start the war. ”

During the Song Dynasty, most people had night blindness, so they rarely fought at night. However, in this battle of Muzhou, night battles have always been chosen, although it is a loss because it is not clear to see, but in the case that the number of people is far inferior to that of the other side, this mode of operation is the most advantageous and cost-effective.

It can be said that there are all kinds of weapons in the arsenal of the navy, but many of them have spider webs on them, but this does not affect the battle. Small trebuchets, god arms, and fire oil were all brought out. In the era of cold weapons, these weapons, long-range attacks have played a huge role.

The most difficult thing about trebuchets is to throw a rod, and you will not be able to make a good casting rod without more than three years. That's why there are very few such weapons of mass murder among the rebels. As for the Divine Arm, the oil is even more controlled by the imperial court, and the traitors will never be able to get it, and they can't spend money.

When these weapons of mass murder were brought out one by one, Li Jun knew that this was destined to be an unequal killing, and the traitor was destined to be killed and cleansed.

During the Song Dynasty, most people suffered from night blindness due to dietary problems, so there were almost no night battles, but because of this, such a sneak attack at night was important for officials.

Except for the heavy guards at the main gate, there are no guards in other places in Xiliu Town at night, although everyone can't see clearly, but in the faint starlight, faintly, the general direction can still be seen clearly, which is enough for the night attack.

Zhang Shun took sixty water ghosts to put on the water on the edge of the water and then went into the water, in this cold and biting night, the water has an extremely severe test of the body, it can be said that these water ghosts are honed for many years, similar to modern divers, by no means ordinary sailors can be completed. This is considered an ancient special forces, which can only be found in the official army, and the rebels don't even know about the existence of this group of people.

Zhang Shun Xiaosheng said: "After crossing the Red River in a group of three, they will throw the ignited oil canisters, and everyone will not have to swim back, and they will go directly to the boat from the north bank." After this battle, each person will be rewarded with 100 pieces, and everyone should hurry up and warm up first and prepare to go into the water. ”

You must know that the Great Song Dynasty can almost be regarded as a mercenary system, the soldiers have a monthly salary, and the box army is basically about three times a month, and they are often deducted, and in the end, they are basically two times in their hands, and the commanders who encounter black hearts will be even lower. The forbidden army is only about six times. Now there are 100 per person, which makes the water ghosts very excited, and they are willing to take the risk of crossing the river.

Zhang Shun quickly crossed the three-zhang wide Red River, and only after making sure that the shore was safe did he let his men hurry across the river. After everyone had crossed the river, they began to move slowly with the jars.

After all, it was a sneak attack, and once it was discovered, the consequences were very serious, so when there were almost no defenders, Zhang Shun and the others were still very careful. Although there are no defenders here, there are wooden fences to prevent outsiders from entering the town of Hosoliu. Wood is as thick as an adult's arm, and it's not easy to break into, but it's easy to light it with oil.

With the arrival of the third watch, Zhang Shun ordered the fire to be lit, and the sixty water ghosts opened the fire fold and ignited the fire oil almost at the same time, and before that, the fire oil had been smeared on the wooden fence.

For a while, the flames were in flames, and the water ghosts threw watermelon-sized canisters of fire oil into Xiliu Town, as for what effect, they didn't know, the only thing they knew was that such a big battle would definitely attract traitors.

Xiliu Town is responsible for the defense of Fang Jinbin, this guy is Fang La's distant nephew, is a timid and fearful, cowardly and incompetent person, before he was just a mud leg working in the field, and now the black chicken turns into a phoenix and directly becomes the commander of 5,000 people, this guy didn't think about how to lead the troops, but he learned how to sleep with a woman, and he often replaces, but this guy's vision is not high, almost a woman, whether it is beautiful or not, whether it is young or not, in a word, the number wins.

On such a cold night, Fang Jinbin had already slept with the half-old in his arms, the shouts outside, the sound of firefighting woke him up in his sleep, this guy struggled several times and didn't get up, which shows how quickly this wolf-like woman asks for it, I really can't figure out who played whom.

"Report to your lordship, the official army is coming."

"Where was the sneak attack?"

"There are enemies in the north, in the south, and in the west."

In the face of the night attack of the official army, Fang Jinbin, who was scared, peed his pants, this guy walked out of the house with a roll, what to do, to be honest, he didn't know what to do.

"Quick, quick, press Lao Tzu up, you must defend Xiliu Town." For Fang Jinbin, only by guarding Xiliu Town, there will be more women to sleep in the future, and if he can't keep it, he may move his head.

Fang Jinbin, who didn't have any military talent, didn't know how to command, but he just ordered the soldiers to go out to prevent the officers and soldiers from coming in, as for himself, at this time, he was running around like a headless fly, and he didn't know what to do at all.

The half-old on the bed was already dressed, and she said delicately: "My lord, don't panic, the official army just came in from the north, south, and west, which means that the east gate is still very safe, it's a big deal, you can escape from the east with the slave family, there is no need to hide here and die." ”

"Escape, why should I escape, once I leave Xiliu Town, I am nothing, and I will be punished." Fang Jinbin was in a mess, he really didn't know what to do, but he couldn't give up the official position of commanding the envoy, and he couldn't give up his wealth and those women.

"If you are caught by the official army, you will be divided by the five horses, now you can escape, you can still take your own gold and silver, take your woman, and go outside to be a rich man, why do you have to wait for death. Then it will be impossible to defeat the official army, and it will be too late if you don't leave. ”

This half-old was originally a good friend of Baozheng in Xiliu Town, but in her bones, she looked down on the cowardly and incompetent Fang Jinbin at all, and felt that it was a very dirty thing to let this mud leg touch herself. Now that the official army has come in, she has an idea, so she has been encouraging this guy to escape.