Chapter 38: Heading South (2)

Lunch in less than a quarter of an hour was fine, which made Shi Bin a little confused, he was still okay with a flamboyant tongue, but he felt that he was not hot enough to act.

Hesitating, do you sit with a bowl and eat a rice bowl or eat at the same table with her?

As if seeing Shi Bin's thoughts, Jia Ling came to Miss Temper again, and said, "You hurt my hand, and you still want to do this good thing?" What a dream you've made! You can only eat it when I'm done. Go and bring the rice and serve me to eat. ”

But the clay man still has three points of anger, how can he lead the team in the future when he is called around by Jia Ling like this? When the time comes, if you don't have a strict monogamy, you will be ridiculed in this era.

Just as Shi Bin was about to fight back resolutely and let Jia Ling see how powerful he was, the big ship where Li Chao was located came over.

Before the boat could get closer, Li Chao had already jumped up, and Shi Bin was about to ask him why he was so reckless, but seeing his anxious face, he knew that there was probably an accident and did not open his mouth to reprimand.

"Big brother, it's not good, I'm afraid there are ships in the distance, there should be a lot, and most of the people who come are not good."

Got a boat? Not a lot? Bad comers? Although Shi Bin is not a landlubber, he doesn't know the number of roads on this water, so he can only listen to Li Chao's explanation.

It turned out that on this cloudless and calm day, there had just been a wave, and it was certainly not blown by the wind, judging by the size of the wave, at least thirty medium-sized ships came on the opposite side.

Such a large fleet can be assembled on Dongting Lake, except for Song Ting, who is also known as the "Water Jiao". But Xiangfan did not fall, and the Yuan people were cavalry landlubbers, and there was no water army to rebel, so most of them were water bandits.

Knowing such urgent news, Shi Bin immediately arranged for defense, and set up a formation of tiger squat cannons, wooden-handled thunder crossbow arrows and shields, while the female dependents were placed in the cabin to leave two sergeants to guard.

In less than two quarters of an hour, several small boats came in the distance, seemingly normal but very fast.

"Big brother, I'm afraid it's the water Jiao who is coming, and those small boats are here to explore the way. Let's shoot a few bombardments to sink them, warn them, and let them retreat. ”

The lake is calm and the artillery is not too difficult to aim, and although the speed of this small plank boat is still fast, the ability to resist attacks is very weak, so as long as it takes one or two shots, it will completely lose its threat. And those big ships can also be sunk with big projectiles, so even if the other party is a water bandit, these dozens of ships can't be too threatening.

"Don't be like this, it's not good to kill innocents indiscriminately. Besides, it is also good for us to try water warfare, and these broken ships are unlikely to threaten us. ”

After entering the range of the Tiger Squat Cannon, Li Chao motioned for them to tell their way of origin, but they turned back. Soon, more than 30 medium-sized boats appeared on the surface of the lake and flew black flags. After confirming that it was the water Jiao, the sergeants all put on leather armor and prepared for battle.

"Brother Xian, what kind of person is this water Jiao? Can it be used by me? Shi Bin asked.

Li Chao was taken aback and said, "Big brother, don't recruit this person." This person is fierce and vicious, murderous, and the key is that he has no faith. Liu Xiao and I just couldn't get used to his viciousness and lack of faithfulness before leaving. ”

After Li Chao's detailed explanation, Shi Bin learned that most of the bandits usually seek wealth rather than life, while Shui Jiao wants both. often goes back on his word, there is nowhere to escape on this water, and if you fall into his hands, don't want to leave alive. He was recruited twice by the Tanzhou government, but both times he betrayed and ransacked Tanzhou.

Seeing Shi Bin's face full of anger, Li Chao knew that he was going to skin a scum like Shui Jiao alive, and he was also very happy to be angry with Shui Jiao.

However, he still reminded carefully: "Big brother, this water battle also has formations and strategies. If you don't line up and be surrounded by the other side, you will definitely lose. ”

After hearing this, Shi Bin immediately motioned for him to make it clear, and Li Chao explained: "We have few people, and most of them are long-range attack weapons, so we should try to avoid hand-to-hand combat with enemy ships." Although there are many people on the water, most of them are rabble, and it is enough for us to concentrate artillery fire to sink a few ships on the other side. ”

"You mean it's good to concentrate your fire on sinking a few of the strongest ships? Don't distract firepower from everything? ”

Immediately, according to Li Chao's wishes, half of the tiger squat cannons were concentrated on the first few ships, and the rest of each ship was left with two for defense. And instead of using large iron bullets, attack those big ships with all your might, and punch a few more holes in the hull.

I knew that this water battle was different from land warfare, but I didn't expect such a big difference. He originally wanted to set up a defensive formation, and use tiger squat cannons on all sides to defend, after all, he had few men and few ships. And Li Chao actually used a concentrated assault formation, which was simply a deadly way of playing. However, he is not a naval general, so he can't pretend to know how to interfere with him, otherwise he will regret it if something happens.

Seeing Shi Bin's worried face, Li Chao smiled and said, "Big brother, as long as you don't fight hand-to-hand on this water, you won't be afraid." In addition to hand-to-hand combat, there are bows and arrows on the water, and at most rockets. But this water Jiao is here to seek wealth, it is impossible to use rockets, and if he burns it all, he will do it in vain. Therefore, in the distance is the tiger squat cannon attack, and in the near distance is the wooden handle earth-shaking thunder defense, this wooden board can not withstand smashing and burning. ”

Hearing the last sentence "The wooden board can't withstand smashing and burning", Shi Bin was completely relieved, and immediately handed over the command to Li Chao, and sat on the side to watch the battle.

The boat on the water Jiao drove violently, but Li Chao turned the assault formation just now into a retreating formation, and the tiger squat cannon that was originally placed in the bow of the ship was now placed in the stern.

At this time, Shi Bin was very glad that he didn't interfere indiscriminately, and this assault array became a retreat array in a blink of an eye.

He took a closer look and found that the draft of these dozen ships was very deep, and they retreated without a fight, indicating that there must be something valuable on these ships, and the people on board were greedy for life and afraid of death. Such a good opportunity, how could he let it go, he must be trying to chase after these guys who want to "escape".

After several of Shui Jiao's capital ships entered the firing range, Li Chao immediately ordered to open fire.

After Shui Jiao's fleet approached, the waves on the water were large, and it was difficult to aim, and Shi Bin's subordinates were all a group of army troops, which made Shi Bin worry again.

Naturally, it is impossible to aim and then fire. Li Chao only asked to fire the cannon roughly aimed at the hull of the ship. The strategy is to launch the projectile regularly first, and once it hits the hull, immediately increase the launch density, and strive to destroy the hull to the greatest extent in a short time.

As Li Chao said, these plank boats can't withstand smashing and burning, although there are still some water compartments, but these rabble will only bully the weak, in fact, they are all greedy for life and afraid of death.

Before their bows and arrows could reach Shi Bin's fitting, several boats had already fled.

Shi Bin was very happy to see it, it seems that firearms can take such a big advantage on the water, and he has to speed up the manufacture of firearms when he arrives in Tanzhou.

This made him excitedly reminded of those Western warships, the British Sea King in the 17th century had more than 100 guns in 1,500 tons. If you can also load one hundred and eighty artillery pieces, even if it is a tiger squat cannon, you will definitely be invincible in the world in this inland river.

I didn't be happy for long, but I found that there were more than a dozen light boats on the side of Shui Jiao. This is specially prepared for hand-to-hand combat, and it is estimated that this water Jiao has found an idea to use a trick.

They were running and fighting again, but the speed of these ships was very fast, and they soon caught up with Shi Bin's fleet. There were even a few boats that were hooked by the bandits, slowing down the boats, which made Shi Bin feel dangerous.

But Li Chao and Liu Xiao laughed instead, and took the lead in throwing the wooden handle to the sky, and the water bandits who were about to jump over on the wooden plank on the boat fell into the water like dumplings.

After fighting for more than half an hour, Shuijiao lost more than a dozen boats, large and small, and finally withdrew. There are only a few fast boats floating not far away on the water, as if they are still a little unwilling.

Shi Bin's loss this time is not small, although he should be able to gnaw this hard bone with more effort, and he will gain a lot when the time comes. But this was not the right time to do so, so he fired a few more shots to warn the bandits, and finally drove them away.

As soon as the cannon stopped, Jia Ling, the eccentric eldest lady, came out of the cabin. It was very exciting to look at the broken wooden planks and floating corpses floating everywhere on the lake. Seeing that this tiger squat cannon and the wooden-handled sky-shaking thunder bomb were so powerful in the water war, it greatly satisfied her curiosity.

Just as she was about to ask a question, a sailor clipper boat not far away drove by.

Maybe it's because winning this water battle with less wins is a bit underestimating the enemy, and he doesn't take this broken ship seriously at all. only let the shelling himself but did not dodge, Jia Ling saw that Shi Bin was so confident, and stood beside him regardless of it.

As soon as Li Chao saw this situation, he immediately rushed over to remind him, saying that the owner of the ship was the craziest leader of the bandits, and he never cared whether he lived or died. Before he could react, the ship was very close to him. Then there was a rain of arrows.

I wanted to block the shield in my hand and finish the matter, but when I turned my head, I found that Miss Jia, who was not wearing leather armor, was still beside me. had to cover his body in front of her and help her block the rain of arrows, and this time Jia Ling was fine, he became a hedgehog.

Seeing that the commander of his own family was injured, his sergeants immediately attacked with all their might, and the boat sank in less than a stick of incense, and the water bandits captured all of them were thrown into the river to feed the fish.

When Wang San and several other brothers came to see Shi Bin, they all stared at Jia Ling, as if she had shot Shi Bin.

Fortunately, Shi Bin wore two layers of leather armor, and the equipment of these bandits was not good, just scrap copper and rotten iron, so he only injured a little flesh and skin. As long as you clean up in time and don't get tetanus, you'll be fine. But the appearance of this hedgehog still makes people want to laugh.

Jia Ling was very cramped on the side, but it didn't take long for her face to be firm, and she said, "Brothers of Commander Shi, Commander Shi was injured for me. I wonder if you can let me and Xiaoqin take care of him? ”

These words surprised Wang San and the others very much, but Zhao Gang's brain, which lacked a string, said in a weird manner: "Oh, Miss Jia can also take care of people?" Don't hurt your hand, it's a sprained hand. ”

These words made Jia Ling very aggrieved, but looking at Shi Bin, who was lying on his back full of wounds, she still said: "If I don't know how to do it, let Xiaoqin do it, I can still do it." ”

Suddenly no one spoke on the boat, and everyone's eyes on Jia Ling suddenly changed. It's as if this is another person, no longer the rude and willful lady.

"Well, I'm here to treat the wound, Xiaoqin and Miss Jia help, what do the brothers think?" Knowing that these brothers were still angry, but they were just a little surprised by Jia Ling's attitude, Wang San hurriedly proposed a feasible plan.

After all, the girl was made of water, and it didn't take long for Jia Ling to look like she was going to cry again, and this group of big men had no choice but to agree to this method.

All the way to Tanzhou, Jia Ling became Shi Bin's nurse. Seeing Shi Bin's injury improve and what happened before and after, everyone else couldn't help but sigh that this was a pair of enemies.