On the third watch, the fire borrowed the wind, and the wind helped the fire, reflecting half of the sky.

Wuyang Mansion, five miles away, was alarmed, Anxi Dadu Hu Zhu Zhipu came with his personal guards, and Xinfei of Longwei Mansion and the dragon guards who arrived one after another also came to Wuyang Water Village under the guidance of Zhang Shantong. The presence of many big men calmed the morale of the army more and more, and Zhu Zhipu asked people to send an order to Yan Songyun, "To fight this battle well, there is a governor on the shore, and there will be no chaos."

Yan Songyun, who had eaten the Anxin Pill, mobilized a large number of crossbowmen, and the arrows rained down on the battleships on the river. Zhao Lianghan had already climbed into the boat from the water, took off his wet clothes, stood shirtless, stood beside his eldest brother with a fishing fork in his hand, and watched the battle situation nervously.

There are only five hundred minions in the mixed water village, of which the archers are only forty percent, compared to the thousands of archers of the officers and soldiers, the victory or defeat is self-evident, looking at the minions on the battleship that are constantly interrupted and falling, Zhao Lianghan said: "Big brother, I just withdrew, otherwise our water village will be greatly injured." ”

The fire in Wuyang Water Village is soaring, and I don't know how many warships will be lit, and the figure of fighting the fire can be vaguely seen in the firelight, Zhao Liangcai secretly sighed, if he can insist on a pillar of incense and make the fire burn more vigorously, maybe it can make Wuyang Water Village greatly injured and delay the time for the government to enter and suppress.

"Withdraw".

When the whistle sounded, Wang Mazi shouted repeatedly: "Withdraw, withdraw quickly." "The other ships heard the whistle, hoisted their sails, and went down the river, rushing for miles in an instant, and soon leaving the battlefield.

The bandits fled, and the officers and soldiers let out shouts of joy, but Yan Songyun's face was hot. Although he drove away the water bandits, the water village was burned and the warship was destroyed, which undoubtedly gave him, the commander of the sailors, a resounding slap in the face. The Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate has two deputy protectors, and Ma Chenguang is the other deputy protector.

General Chen Dingzhen reported with a bitter face: "Yan Shuai, nine warships in Shuizhai were burned and fifteen were burned, and the casualties among the soldiers were about 200 people. ”

Now is not the time to hold him accountable, Yan Songyun interrupted him and asked, "How many warships are there that can be used?" ”

"Yan Yan is handsome, and there are sixteen ships with rushing ships, seven large wings, and more than thirty small and medium-sized wings."

"Where is the building ship sent by the Ministry of Industry a few days ago? Can there be damage? Yan Songyun asked. In order to help Yan Songyun, Zhu Zipu forcibly requisitioned a part of the craftsmen of the Ministry of Disaster Relief to build a building boat for the sailors. The Dazheng building ship is three stories high, more than 20 zhang long, and the light wood must be specially fixed, where can it be built without a few months' work. Zhu Zhipu ordered the northwestern states to send warships, official ships, and large merchant ships to Wuyang Water Village, and the craftsmen repaired and repaired and finally rebuilt three building ships.

This building ship can not compare with the five-story warship made by Jiangnan, but it can also carry 500 sailors, like the ship that came to attack tonight was hit by it, and it immediately overturned, if it rolled over, the ship immediately broke into two, these three building ships are the confidence of Wuyang Water Village.

Chen Dingzhen said: "The three building ships have been coated with tung oil in the dock in recent days, but fortunately they have not been burned by fire. ”

Yan Songyun instructed: "You have people drive the boat into the river, prepare other warships, and let's go and get the scene back." I'll go and report to the governor first. ”

Zhu Zipu sat in the handsome hall of the water village, and Yan Songyun entered the door to ask for the guilt: "The humble duty was not investigated for a while, which caused the water village to be burned by thieves, and the warship lost more than ten pieces, please supervise the crime." Zhu Zipu's face sank like water, this water bandit was really bold, he actually dared to provoke the officials and soldiers, it was obvious that he didn't take the protection of Anxi Dadu in his eyes, first Longwei Mansion was attacked and killed, and then Shuizhai was attacked, Zhu Zipu felt that he was slapped twice in the face.

"Governor, I want to pursue with the building boat and wipe out this water bandit in one fell swoop." Yan Songyun said loudly.

To tell the truth, Zhu Zhipu really didn't take this group of water bandits in his eyes, from Long Wei's investigation report, it can be known that most of these water bandits are fishermen nearby, at most mixed with some remnants of the Yuan Tianjiao, the Yuan Tianjiao was hunted by Long Wei like a lost dog, could it be that he thought that Ben Shuai was a soft pestle, and wanted to find some scenes to go back in Bingzhou.

"Exactly. Yan Songyun, be careful of the ambush of the water bandits, don't let the eighty-year-old woman collapse her child. Zhu Zhipu commanded with a calm face.

There are people from the Longwei Mansion sitting next to the Shuai Hall, and this time the Longwei Mansion sent two Zhenfu out of Beijing, in addition to Xin Fei, there is another Zhenfu Feng Yucai, and in addition to the six worshippers, all of whom have arrived in Bingzhou one after another. Hearing that Deputy Du Du Yan was going to pursue, Feng Yucai quickly stood up and said: "Dashuai, there are many masters in this bandit, and my Longwei Mansion is willing to act with the ship to protect the safety of Yan Du and the generals." ”

Where there are people, there is fighting, and Feng Yucai's eagerness to make meritorious service was also forced by Xin Fei. Ren Fei, the deputy capital of the Longwei Mansion, had already proposed to retire due to his old age and injury, and this position would inevitably be taken over by one of the four pacifications. Originally, Xin Fei was young and the least competitive, but in the past year or so, she has worked hard to make meritorious contributions, and in the eyes of the other three, she intends to compete for the position of deputy capital, and it is quite effective.

Of course, Feng Yucai is not willing to be surpassed by his juniors, and this time he came to Bingzhou with all his capable subordinates, just to make great meritorious contributions, speak with merit, and at the same time have to prevent Xin Fei from making new contributions. How did he know that Xin Fei was so desperate not to grab the position of deputy commander, but to get out after repaying the kindness of his master.

Xin Fei thought about this night attack of the water bandits, maybe Jiang Anyi was also among them, if he could meet him, he could not only understand the enemy's situation but also temporarily comfort the pain of lovesickness, so he also got up and said: "Zhu Dudu, what Feng Zhenfu said is also what Xin Fei thinks, please take it as such." ”

Zhu Zhipu, as the governor of Anxi Prefecture, leaned towards one side, but he had no right to instruct Long Wei, Long Wei actually volunteered to go on the ship to fight, which is a good thing that he couldn't ask for, of course Zhu Zhipu would not push back, and immediately nodded and agreed.

The fire on the water village has been extinguished, three building ships are towering like mountains, side by side on the shore, and dozens of ships, bridge boats, Ge boats, boats, red horses, and scouts are guarding around in the center of the river. Yan Songyun boarded the "Jieyun" in the middle, Feng Yucai got on the "near cloud", and Xinfei took Siqing and Siyu to the "Liyun". As soon as the drums sounded, hundreds of ships competed for the current, and the battleships went down the river like arrows.

At the head of the ship, Xin Fei stood at the bow of the boat, the breeze blew her long hair, the cloak behind her was raised high, and her jade face was reflected red by the brazier beside her, like a peach blossom. Siqing and Siyu did not have the consciousness of a big battle, and played on the wide deck with laughter, and the officers and soldiers knew that they were from Longweizhong, and no one said a word.

Zhao Liangcai's ship had already arrived at the ambush place, and there were several warships parked in the center of the river, among which there was a tall and eye-catching building ship, which was Li Qing's command ship. Li Qing and Wang Tiangang stood at the bow of the boat, with Wei Dachang and others behind them, and after seeing Zhao Liangcai, Li Qing asked in a loud voice: "Brother Zhao, how is the battle going?" ”

"The officers and soldiers were burned in the water village, and dozens of warships were burned." Zhao Liangcai replied, he didn't know how many officers and soldiers had burned the warships, and he estimated a number to deal with, anyway, Li Qing would not go to the government to verify.

"Okay", hearing that many warships of the government had been burned, Li Qing's eyebrows danced and said with a smile: "King Zhao, you take people to rest first, maybe there will be a tough battle later." ”

Zhao Liangcai took the boat down the river, there was a water bay three miles away, and the warships of Heifeng Village were docked here to listen to the news, Zhao Liangcai leaned in according to the prior discussion. When Zhao Liangcai withdrew, he left a few small boats to inquire in the reeds, and the ships of the officers and soldiers pursued, and naturally the scout boats looked at them, and before the official fleet set off, several small boats went down the river to report the news.

After getting the confirmation that the government warships were pursuing, Li Qing said with a smile: "Heaven is what people want, if the officers and soldiers want to compete with us on the water, we will squeeze out their yolks, and everyone will act according to the plan." ”

More than 10 vehicles and boats sailed out from the reeds on both sides, this kind of boat was specially built by Liu Ziwei for the water village, which can step on the wheel blades to move forward, although the speed is not fast, but it is better to be mobile and flexible, and can advance and retreat. Vehicles and boats weave back and forth on the river, laying layers of fishing nets. Fishing nets are made of hemp fibers, which are astringent and entangled after soaking in water.

After laying hundreds of fishing nets in front of the boat, you can already hear the noise coming from upstream. At this time, the sky gradually brightened, the river surface was covered with fog, and the entire Heishui River became hazy.

One of the ships broke through the mist and crashed into the nets, but for fear of being ambushed, the battleship did not set sail, but moved forward with the help of water. Of course, a fishing net could not stop the ship, and the speed of the battleship slowed slightly, and the people on board did not notice. The officers and men standing at the bow of the ship first spotted the boat parked on the river outside Lixu, and shouted, "The enemy ship is ahead."

Officers and men have always had a psychological advantage over bandits, not only in terms of moral orthodoxy, but also in some training, bandits are nothing more than a rabble, and it is common for 100 officers and men to break thousands of bandits, and Da Zheng has a very generous reward for military merits, so in the eyes of officers and men, the enemy ships not far in front are piles of opportunities for promotion and fortune and silver for nothing.

The officers and men on the battleship roared in unison, urging the paddlers to exert their strength while hurriedly spreading their sails. Before the sail was raised, the first thing the paddler noticed was that something was wrong, how could it be so laborious, as if it was entangled in aquatic weeds. The boat in front slowed down, the boat behind scrambled, the river was turbulent, and the boat could not stop the boat when it found that the situation was not right, and the boat behind hit the stern in front of it heavily.

The water on the river was full of mist, the visibility was not high, and by the time the exclamations were repeated, more than a dozen boats had already crowded into a heap, unable to move. Someone shouted: "No, there is an ambush in the water, someone has fallen into the net, send someone down to cut the net." ”

Li Qing waited for this opportunity, and with a whistle, seven or eight fireboats sailed out of the reeds on both sides, with their sails open, and their lines were like arrows, and they shot fiercely at the battleships crowded together.

"Hurry up and let them come." The generals on the ship don't know well, and the lesson of the burning of the water village is not far away, and it seems that the story will repeat itself.

Arrows rained down, and many of the minions on the ship fell with arrows. The leader roared: "Ignition." ”

Seven or eight fireboats burst into flames and pierced the battleship mercilessly, and a moment later, the flames were in the air, and the warships that were crowded together were unable to break free, and they were set on fire, and the officers and men on board squeezed backwards, and those who knew how to jump into the water to flee for their lives, and there were already sailors in leather and blades waiting in the water.

Thick smoke billowed on the river, screaming again and again, and blood was pouring in the river, quickly dyeing the river red, and death was floating over the Heishui River.