Chapter 43: Crossing the River III

The first explosion was followed by another. This explosion, which did not seem to be above deck, but below deck, blew the ship out of a large hole in one breath, and a large amount of river water rushed in, and in a short time the draft of this ship sank a lot.

When Zhou Fuchen saw this, he knew that this ship was no longer saved.

Zhou Fuchen was overjoyed.

He was not only happy with the victory in the first battle, but also happy with the place of this ship, which was the main channel in the middle of Linhuai Port, and this channel was not very wide.

A few shipwrecks go down, and I'm afraid it will be a lot more difficult for the ships to get in and out.

The task of holding off the officers and sailors for a day and a night was almost soon to be completed.

If you don't do it, you don't stop it. Zhou Fuchen said loudly: "Brothers, rush with me." ”

The small boat that Zhou Fuchen was sitting on was like a nimble little fish, swimming under the sides of the ships that were taller than them, and smashed barrels of fire oil on the boats and ignited them.

At this time, the fatal shortcomings of the officer's and army's sailors leaked out.

That is, there are not enough boats.

In naval warfare, of course, the big ship is better than the small boat, but in the river, because of the limited water area and geographical restrictions, the advantages of the big ship can not be fully played, and in some complex waterways, in fact, the protection of the small boat is also needed.

Like now.

There were not enough small boats, so that the officers and sailors were almost helpless against Zhou Fuchen.

Artillery fired, rockets fired indiscriminately, almost all of them splashed.

However, it was not without effect, one or two small boats, hit by artillery, instantly triggered the fire oil, in Zhou Fuchen's eyes, almost in the blink of an eye, the flames enveloped the entire ship, and the sailors on it didn't even have time to dive, so they became a burning man.

The small boat, which lost control, slammed into an official ship, setting it on fire.

This game of the brave.

Who doesn't know who will die in the next second.

Zhou Fuchen gritted his teeth, tried not to look back, and urged the sailors behind him, deep, deep, deep, dozens of official ships blocked the channel, but the gap in the middle could still accommodate Zhou Fuchen's boat to change directions.

For a while, the wind also got stronger.

All the flames were blown down by the wind, and the long hair was thrown to the south, and for a time several ships and soldiers were almost simultaneously picked up by the flames.

The easiest thing for a ship to burn is not the hull, but the canvas.

As soon as it was stirred by the flames, the canvas began to burn.

The burning canvas fell from Wang Xincui's head, Wang Xincui looked at everything in front of him with disbelief and said, "What's going on?" ”

But no one answered him.

However, the rapid spread of the flames, on the week

For the auxiliary ministers, it is not a good thing.

When he wanted to go back, he found that there was a raging sea of fire behind him, the flames covered almost the entire surface of the river, coupled with the headwind, Zhou Fuchen found that he couldn't go back and was trapped in the depths of the port.

He knew very well that even if he burned so many ships, it was impossible to burn all the ships of the official army, and as soon as the day dawned, he would leak out undoubtedly, what was waiting for him at that time, Zhou Fuchen could think of it with his toes.

"What should I do?" Zhou Fuchen said secretly in his heart.

Just when Zhou Fuchen was worried about his life, on the tower of Linhuai County, Lu Zhenfei looked at the raging fire in the north with a blue face, and said, "Wang Xincui deserves to die." Immediately send someone to invite Lord Shen, no matter what, invite Lord Shen's fleet back, and send someone to inform Lord Ma and tell him about the situation here. ”

The north bank of the pontoon bridge.

The Linying camp has already crossed, and now it is the Xiping camp, which is also the last battalion in Zhang Xuan's Runing army, and it will be the three battalions of Cao Zongyu's Xuzhou army that will pass later.

Zhang Xuan was already prepared for the worst, and after a while, he would go over and take charge. After dawn, once the pontoon bridge was cut off, he took the Runing Army and the Xuzhou Army to fight with Ma Shiying's Fengyang Army, not Zhang Xuan's arrogance, but Liu Liangzuo and others, Zhang Xuan really didn't pay attention to it.

"My lord, look to the east." Zhang Su said.

Zhang Xuan immediately looked to the east, but he couldn't see anything clearly, but after a closer look, he felt that the sky was a little different in color, and it seemed to be brighter.

Zhang Xuan laughed and said, "General Zhou must have already succeeded. ”

In fact, whether it is successful or not, just by virtue of this light, it is not possible to judge, after all, it is too far.

However, Zhang Xuan felt that morale must be boosted, and many soldiers were in a hurry to cross the river.

I am afraid of falling behind, but I can't reach it if I want to go fast, the more I want to go fast, the more problems I have, even if it is the Runing Army, there are many soldiers who fall into the water on the pontoon bridge.

As soon as Zhang Xuan said this, the surrounding generals agreed with each other, whether they believed it or not, as if they had really seen Zhou Fuchen break the official army.

After the Xiping camp, Zhang Xuan and Cao Zongyu crossed the river together.

On the pontoon, Zhang Xuan did not ride a horse.

This pontoon bridge is also a little too floating, swaying from side to side with a slight movement, Zhang Xuan doesn't dare to go fast, he seems to have a feeling that if he walks a little faster, he will step on this pontoon bridge, and he really doesn't know how Deng He rode all the way over.

The pontoon bridge several miles long took half an hour to walk through.

As soon as he arrived on the south bank, Deng He greeted him.

Zhang Xuan asked, "How's the situation?" ”

Deng He said: "The official army has arrived. ”

When Zhang Xuan heard this, his heart suddenly lifted.

He immediately came to the high place above the embankment, and looked down, but saw a large area of fire below, and could not see how many people there were, if it was estimated by area, there were at least one or two thousand, and there was a feeling that he could not see the edge at a glance.

"Why did he send someone to attack?" Zhang Xuan asked, and then he knew that this was nonsense, if there was a fierce battle here, on the north bank of the Huai River, he should feel it.

"Nope." Deng He said: "I guess they are waiting for dawn. ”

"Wait until dawn." Zhang Xuan nodded secretly, not knowing who the official army came over this time. I don't know if this time the official army will wait for dawn again, and the sailor will come over and cut Zhang Xuan's headquarters in half, or wait for the army in Fengyang City to support after dawn.

However, no matter what, every time he waits, Zhang Xuan's strength on the south bank will increase a little. Zhang Xuancai is not afraid to wait.

"Since he wants to wait, let him wait." Zhang Xuan said: "Anyway, it's not far from dawn. ”

Although Zhang Xuan can't identify the specific time from the sky, he has learned to recognize the star. The brightest star in the East is the Morning Star. It can be seen that the dawn is not far away.

The sky first lit up in the east.

Therefore, the dawn in Linhuai County should be a few minutes earlier than Zhang Xuan's side.

For Lu Zhenfei, this night was a sleepless night.

"Sin will come to your lordship, please punish him." Wang Xincui knelt in front of Lu Zhenfei and said.

Wang Xincui also tried his best, he never stopped for a moment, straightened out the fleet, and stuck the distance. and so on, but his command of the Cao Yun fleet is far from being as good as Shen Tingyang's command of the fleet under his command.

Therefore, no matter how hard he tried, the results were somewhat unsatisfactory.

Even on the hair on his body, there were large traces of smoke and fire, but Lu Zhenfei didn't give a good face.

"How many more ships?" Lu Zhenfei's voice was extremely cold.

"Thirty-seven." Wang Xincui didn't even dare to raise his head and said.

"Nearly half of the ship was burned." Lu Zhenfei said: "So can you dispatch today?" ”

Wang Xincui said: "No, last night, I was busy all night, everyone was tired, this is not the time to fight, and the main channel has been sunk so many ships, the big ship has a deep draft, I don't know if I can go if I don't try." ”

"Then what use should I keep you?" Lu Zhenfei said.

"My lord was angry, and he caught the captive and the thief who set the fire." Wang Xincui said: "Please also give the little one a chance for the sake of my little work." ”

"Bring the thief up." Lu Zhenfei said.

Seeing that things had taken a turn for the better, Wang Xincui immediately said, "Please wait a moment, my lord." ”

After a while, dozens of rebel soldiers were pressed over and knelt on the ground.

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