Time flies, the days are like a thick book, turning page by page, and in the blink of an eye, from summer to late autumn. The trees that were once lush are slowly starting to turn yellow and even wither, but the weather still retains the enthusiasm of summer.

This autumn is more restless than summer.

Officers and soldiers have been stationed in Jeju for more than half a year, and from spring to autumn, they have not achieved anything. During this period, the small cavalry of Liangshanbo constantly attacked the small group of officers and soldiers who plundered the village, and the real character was like a strong wind and went like flowing water, which made the officers and soldiers dizzy, and almost all the officers and soldiers who entered the village were annihilated. There is a fear among the officers and soldiers that a radius of hundreds of miles is the sphere of influence of Liangshanbo, and those who dare to offend the villagers will die without a place to be buried. As a result, the officers and soldiers no longer dared to harass the villagers near and far, and the people were all grateful to the heroes of Liangshanbo.

Looking at the hundreds of loach boats, Gao Yu took a long breath, the days of fear and fear finally came to an end, it was time for me Gao Yu to let out a bad breath, good boat! It's simply a dragon in the water, a bully in the ship! The Kou of Liangshan is at your fingertips!

The loach boats designed and supervised by Fufeng are indeed powerful, and there are two kinds of large and small.

The outside of the loach ship is covered with a bamboo fence, which can avoid arrows, and a crossbow tower is erected on the surface of the ship, and there is a divine arm bow on it, and the crossbow bed is erected, and the soldiers hide behind it, and when they encounter the thief ship, ten thousand arrows are fired together, how to stop it. There are also 24 waterwheels on both sides of the ship, each of which is driven by 12 people. The large hull of the loach boat is not afraid of collision, and the boat can accommodate hundreds of people, which can be called a mobile city on the water.

The small loach boat has a small hull, which can accommodate 100 people in the boat, and only 12 waterwheels are used on both sides, but it can travel faster. The ship also stands a crossbow tower, there are also bamboo fences to cover, the front and rear of the ship have a rotatable mechanism, nailed with iron blades, sailing into the reeds, more than a dozen strong men work together, the mechanism is touched, the iron blades fly, the reeds and other water plants that block the way are all cut off.

This small loach boat is specially designed by Fufeng to fight in the reeds of Liangshanbo, and when the time comes, this kind of small loach boat will be a shark in the reeds, and the Liangshanbo boat will have nowhere to hide.

Slaughter three animals, burn sandalwood, loose paper money, and sacrifice to the god of water. After the sacrifice, Gao Yu couldn't wait to board a big loach boat, and the military Jian stepped on the waterwheel and immediately galloped. Look at the shipbuilding with bows and crossbows, and the soldiers can hide behind them to defend and attack, and they are the overlords in the water.

Gao Yu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and laughed: "Such a spaceship, even if the thief's artillery is sharp, it can be stopped in an instant." Ten thousand arrows in the shipbuilding, what do thieves block? Not afraid of collision, not afraid of artillery fire, what is there to be afraid of thief ships! This battle will be won! ”

He happily said to Fu Feng: "Mr. Fu and a group of craftsmen have worked hard and have worked hard, and the rewards are not less, so they will receive their remuneration first, and when they want to exterminate the thieves in Liangshan, gold, silver and satin are indispensable!" Gentlemen and craftsmen can rest in the shipyard first, wait for our army to triumph, and go home together to receive the award! ”

Fufeng thanked him, and Gao Yu ordered the sergeant to train immediately, and after mastering the control of the loach boat, he swore to send troops.

Gao Yu is pouring out of the nest this time, advancing by land and water, and the fate will be decided in the first battle. He is like a master gambler, betting all his money on it, full of confidence, to win a lot of money. Nearly 40,000 cavalry remained on land to annihilate the thieves who appeared on land. Qiu Yue, Zhou Ang, Li Congji, and Zhang Kai each led a team of 10,000 people to patrol around Liangshanbo. He personally led 100,000 soldiers to march from the waterway and vowed to set foot on Liangshanbo.

Before leaving, someone admonished: "The commander should stay in Jeju City to command, or march with the cavalry, how can he go to the waterway and go to the danger in person!" ”

Gao Yu wants to decide the male and female in one battle, if he does not personally command, he is afraid that the soldiers will not do their best and lose their success. Besides, he has a large army, a large and sturdy ship, and he walks like a fly. In case the army is defeated, turn around and run, and the ship can catch up.

Therefore, he was very disdainful of Jinyan, and swore that "the officers and soldiers of the three armies are all thieves with their lives, leaving life and death behind, how can this commander be greedy for life and fear of death and be comfortable in the rear, and abandon the soldiers of the three armies in danger!" In this battle, the commander and all the soldiers share weal and woe, advance and retreat together with life and death, and swear not to return to the division if they do not destroy the thief's nest! The soldiers were deeply inspired and vowed to step on the water and capture Song Jiang alive.

Choose an auspicious day, sacrifice the flag and send troops, and some people suggest divining the auspicious and evil before sending troops. Gao Yu said disdainfully: "The strength of the heavenly soldiers is strong, and this battle will be won, so why use divination to comfort the soldiers." The two armies fought by strength, by the soldiers who fought with their lives, what is the use of divination? If the divination results in a bad omen, won't it affect morale? ”

The ships of the officers and men were one after another, sailing into the 800-mile water, and the real character was to cover the sky and hide the sun. The commander set up two big red embroidered flags on the bow of the ship, and wrote 14 golden characters on them: "Stir up the sea, turn over the river, rush the white waves, and destroy the flood demon in peace and stability." Gao Yu sat in the middle of the boat and looked around, looking strategic.

The road was unimpeded, and the Liangshanbo Navy seemed to be missing collectively, but Yang Fan, the pioneer of the Navy, was still cautious, the loach boat was driving in the wide water, and the loach boat was looking for it in the reeds, but there was no half of the thief boat. Was the thief too frightened by the loach ship to fight, or was there some other conspiracy?

Yang Fan was thinking about it, and news came from the lookout: a large number of floating objects floated towards the fleet ahead, and I don't know what it is. Free Chinese

There must be a condition! Yang Fan ordered the soldiers to raise the spirit of twelve points to meet them. When I got closer, I found that there were many wooden planks with some feathers attached to them. Yang Fan sneered: "The carving insect skill is also here to offer ugliness!" Disguise yourself with planks and feathers, and the thief will surely hide under them. Shoot these thieves in the water! ”

Immediately, thousands of arrows were fired on the ship's floor, and the planks turned into hedgehogs in an instant, and there were many arrows floating in the water, but not a single dead man floated, not even a trace of blood. The officers and soldiers were stunned, needless to say that there was no one under the planks at all, but what were so many planks for?

A general suddenly thought: "General Yang, the thief is short of arrows, and he is playing with Zhuge Liang's grass boat to borrow arrows?" ”

Yang Fan felt faceless due to a mistake in judgment, so he said angrily: "Nonsense! He borrowed the arrows and how to collect them! ”

As he spoke, the planks floated into the flotilla, some of which were thrust by the boat's walking force on the bow or side of the ship, and moved with the boat. A few officers and men were curious, and poked their spears under the plank, and when they felt that something was in the way, they simply flipped the plank over, and saw that an iron ball was attached to the plank. At this time, the officers and men were even more curious, so some people used a hook to salvage and study on the ship, plucked the feathers on it, and saw that the incense that was about to be burned was hidden in the feathers.

"What are you burning incense for?"

A few officers and soldiers who didn't know what was going on were chattering, and one of the soldiers suddenly laughed and said, "I know, the thieves are asking the Bodhisattva for their blessing, so that the Bodhisattva can stop us from encircling and suppressing them!" ”

Several of the soldiers were amused and laughed, and before they could close their mouths, they heard a loud bang, and the soldiers around the planks were blown apart. Then the explosion sound fluctuated everywhere, and it was actually a wooden board that would explode? The officers and men were taken by surprise, and many ships were blown up instantly.

This is the mine invented by Liang Shanbo. Under his guidance, Ling Zhen studied hard and moved the mines that would have appeared in the Ming Dynasty to the Great Song Dynasty, and they were more powerful than the mines of the Ming Dynasty.

The mine under the wooden plank is a kind of drifting mine, which is called "surface swimming dragon" by the Liangshan Bo Water Army. It is an iron casing with explosives inside, with incense lit as a fuse, wooden planks to increase buoyancy, and feathers to conceal the fuse, which floats to enemy ships with the help of water and wind, and causes an explosion when the incense burns to gunpowder.

The officers and men were horrified, fearing that the boat they were on would be bombed, so they stayed away from the mines. Those who approached also used their spears to move away, and went down the river to blow up the boats behind. The officers and men on the destroyed ship were struggling in the water, most of the officers and men were infantry, and very few knew how to water. So there was chaos in the water, the blown up, the drowned, the desperately struggling to call for help······ It's a mess.

The officers and men on board were even more frightened, keeping their eyes wide on the mines and not floating in front of their own boats.

Yang Fan was bold and careful, he had an idea, discovered the weakness of this mine, and ordered the soldiers to use spears to turn over the wooden planks, and the incense would not explode if it was soaked in water. This trick is really good, and the soldiers have followed suit, and they have been busy for a long time and finally solved the urgent need, and now they think of saving people quickly. The rescued soldiers got on other boats, causing the waterline of the ships to drop, and the boats were overloaded and extremely inflexible in moving and turning. According to a rough statistics, more than 40 ships were blown and sunk, and Yang Fan hurriedly reported the results to Gao Yu.

Qiu Yue received a report from the spies and found more than 1,000 thieves and cavalry running in the direction of Jeju. Qiu Yue had 10,000 cavalry in his hands, and he was not afraid of more than 1,000 cavalry from the thieves, so he immediately ordered to pursue with all his might.

Li Congji was inspecting whether the defeated army of Liangshanbo had fled, but received a message for help, Qiu Yue was ambushed by Liangshanbo's men and horses, and he was in danger. He hurriedly led people to the rescue, and when he arrived at the scene, he was stunned by the scene in front of him. I saw dead bodies all over the ground, blood stains all over the ground, soldiers with broken arms and legs everywhere, wailing one after another, and the war horses snorted lonely, reluctantly looking at the dead master.

Looking at Qiu Yue's corpse carried over by the soldiers, Li Congji couldn't help but tremble. The army encircled and suppressed along the waterway, and the thieves actually sent the main cavalry on the land route to play ambush warfare leisurely, instead of using these horses for guarding the village. Could it be that they have more than enough troops to defend the village? This group of thieves is powerful, unpredictable, and uses soldiers like gods, and I am afraid that the army of waterways will not take much advantage.

Li Congji commanded the soldiers to rescue the wounded soldiers, and Tanma came again to report that the thieves were attacking the Jeju shipyard. Li Congji was shocked, the current defense of the shipyard was like a fictitious one, the soldiers almost withdrew and went on the ship to go on the expedition, and the divine arm bow and crossbow bed used for defense were installed on the ship, where the guards were weak and could not be saved. He left a few hundred men to help the wounded, and the rest rushed to save the shipyard.

Halfway down the road, I saw thick smoke rising from the shipyard and flames in the sky. Li Congji secretly shouted badly, regardless of fatigue, accelerated forward, and when he arrived at the shipyard, in addition to the shipyard where he saw Zhenghuan, there were many Liangshanbo cavalry who were waiting for them to work at ease. Before he could give the order to charge, the spies came to report, and a large number of Liangshanbo cavalry from behind and on the flanks hurriedly approached.

Li Congji's brain was buzzing, he was fooled, and he was made dumplings by thieves.