The flames reflected the river red, and the surrounding soldiers could clearly see the sailors jumping from the boat, and in the midst of the flames, there were even more terrible screams.

The warships that surrounded it had already taken out the bamboo dragons and sprayed water on the burning ships.

Duan Shao's face turned pale.

Not long ago, he was still excited that the cicada ninja burned down the granary of the Chu people, and the excitement had not passed, but his grain ship was very likely to be in the flames, looking at the two ships that were falling apart in the flames, Duan Shao's mind was blank, and he didn't know what to do at this time.

The shouts, screams, and shouts rang out in one piece, and the river was so lively.

Some of the Eastern Qi ships tried their best to extinguish the fire, while others rescued soldiers who had fallen into the water in the river.

It wasn't until Shen Tu Luo came to his side that Duan Shao came back to his senses, stared at Shen Tu Luo, and immediately asked, "Metropolitan Governor, what ..... Those two are not grain ships! ”

Shen Tuluo didn't speak, but said, "Your Highness, don't worry, go first!" ”

Duan Shao looked at the two sinking ships, turned around, and went into the cabin, he knew that there were sailors all around, Shen Tuluo had some bad words to say in front of everyone, and after entering the cabin, he hurriedly said: "The Metropolitan Governor .....!" ”

"Your Highness, the revenge of the people of Chu came so quickly." Shen Tuluo's face was also iron-blue: "Those two ships ..... It's all grain ships, and our grain has been ruined! ”

Duan Shao only felt that his legs were weak, and he almost collapsed, so he reached out to support the table to support his body, closed his eyes, but quickly said: "Governor, this matter must not be known to the soldiers.....!" But as soon as the words came out, I already knew in my heart that this grain ship was destroyed, and it was impossible to hide it.

Not to mention that many of the soldiers knew that the grain was on that ship, even if no one else knew, when it was time to eat, there was no food available, and the soldiers could immediately understand that it was the grain ship that was burned.

"The people of Chu are so despicable." Duan Shao sat down slowly, his face was pale, and he seemed to have forgotten that he had also sent someone to burn down Huize's granary: "Their granary was destroyed, and they must be furious, so they sent someone to burn our grain ship." ”

Although Shen Tuluo was the world's first famous naval general, the destruction of the grain ship was obviously an unprecedented blow to him.

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, even if Shen Tuluo has an unmatched strategy of war, but how can a sailor without food be able to dominate?

"How do they know those two are grain ships?" Shen Tuluo's expression was cold: "Why did you just look at those two ships?" ”

Duan Shao also realized that the situation was not right, and asked rhetorically, "Yes, they ..... How did they know it was a grain ship? Reaching out and grabbing Shen Tuluo's arm: "Grand Governor, is it.... There is still food stored on other ships? ”

Shen Tuluo shook his head: "Although there is some food on the minister's ship, a dozen or so people may be able to hold out for ten days and half a month, but thousands of soldiers are useless. ”

"That'..... So what to do? Duan Shao was anxious: "A few hours later, it's time to eat, let's ..... Where do we find food? ”

Shen Tuluo sighed: "Lu Zheng is upstream of Huaishui with another fleet, if we can meet them in time, there is still some food over there, but the minister knows very well that there is not much food over there, even if it converges, suddenly there are two more people to eat, and it will not last for a few days at all." ”

"That'..... Then let's go upstream immediately to meet Lu Zheng, how many days can we last. Duan Shao immediately said: "Governor, hurry up and give an order, let's.... We can't afford to delay! ”

Duan Shao knew very well that once the soldiers knew that the grain ship was destroyed, the already low morale would collapse completely in an instant, even if there would be no mutiny, but this naval army would disappear in an instant.

Shen Tuluo shook his head slightly and said, "Your Highness, once we meet Lu Zheng, it will only make the water master collapse faster." According to the minister's estimates, Lu Zheng can still hold on for more than ten days, as long as he can hold on, Huaishui will still be under our control, and the grain road of the people of Chu will not be able to dredge. ”

"That.... What are we going to do? Duan Shao sighed: "If there is no grain of rice, is it just waiting here to starve to death?" ”

"I had to abandon the ship and go ashore." Shen Tuluo said: "Maybe there will be a glimmer of life." ”

"Ashore?" Duan Shao was stunned: "Where are you going?" ”

Shen Tuluo said: "On the south bank of Huaishui, the people of Chu have taken precautions, and the people have moved back, even if we land on the south bank, we will not get any supplements, but it is very likely to fall into the trap of the people of Chu." Therefore, for today's plan, I can only go north to Puyang to meet Linghu. ”

"Puyang?" Duan Shao frowned and said, "Governor, there are soldiers and horses of the Qinhuai Legion on the north bank, if you land on the shore, won't you have to confront the Qinhuai Legion head-on?" ”

"Detour to Xuzhou." Shen Tuluo said: "The Chu army is now in control of Linzi, and now it will definitely not dare to divide the troops in Xuzhou, His Royal Highness can lead the soldiers to bypass Xuzhou and turn to Puyang." Linghu Xiang led the army to defend Xuzhou, and at present, the grain and grass are worry-free, and after His Royal Highness and Linghu Xiang meet, they will be safe. ”

Duan Shao frowned and said, "Metropolitan Governor, you let the palace lead the troops there, what about ..... Aren't you going? ”

Shen Tuluo shook his head and said, "If the ministers go together, will these warships be abandoned?" If you want to burn these ships, you can't bear it, and the navy is the main force of my great Qi restoration, and the minister must keep these ships no matter what. After a pause, he continued: "The ministers will leave some loyal and reliable sailors, who are not many in number, and they can barely hold on to carry the boat out of the Huaishui for food on the river. ”

"Metropolitan Governor, Lu Zheng's navy is still there, and the grain route of Chu is still in our hands, why don't we negotiate with the people of Chu?" Duan Shao sneered: "Although they burned our grain ship, their own granary was also burned by us. ”

Shen Tuluo shook his head and said: "Since the people of Chu have succeeded, they know that we can't hold on, even if we go to negotiate, they won't accept it." ”

At this moment, when he suddenly heard a commotion outside, Shen Tuluo frowned, got up and walked out of the cabin, Duan Shao also knew what was going on outside the cabin, and followed out, out of the cabin, but saw a group of people on the deck scuffling together, after Shen Tuluo came out, he shouted in a deep voice: "Stop!" ”

Only then did everyone separate, and many of them were untidy and had colors on their faces.

"There is a clear order in the army, and those who fight in private will be punished with thirty military sticks, and you actually regard military law as nothing?" Shen Tu Luo's hand pressed the handle of the saber, and his face was gloomy.

All the soldiers lowered their heads, and most of the two burned boats had already sunk into the water, and the soldiers who put out the fire obviously knew that they had no power to return to the sky, and they did not continue to extinguish the fire, but only rescued the soldiers who fell into the river.

Duan Shao also frowned and said, "Why do you fight privately?" ”

One person stepped forward and arched his hand: "Your Highness, the Grand Governor, they said that it was the grain ship that was destroyed, and we would starve to death if we held on, these cowards have the intention of defecting, so .....!" Before he finished speaking, someone immediately behind him: "Your Highness, the Grand Duke, he is spewing blood, we have no intention of defecting, we just said that the grain ship was destroyed, and we are worried..... Worried that there would be no food to eat in the future, they said more, and they slandered us as rebellious! ”

After this person finished speaking, many people spoke one after another, and the two sides suddenly quarreled again, but Duan Shao and Shen Tuluo were present, but no one dared to make a move.

Duan Shao's heart sank at this time, he had expected that there would be an accident when the grain ship was destroyed, and he couldn't think of what he was most worried about, although these soldiers had not yet been in turmoil, but since they dared to talk about the grain ship blatantly, and there were many of them, it was obvious that the army's heart was in turmoil.

"You are all warriors of Daqi, deeply favored by the country, and now is the time of national crisis, and you are actually fratricidal." Duan Shao said coldly: "Don't you have the idea of recovering the country?" ”

All the soldiers were silent, and at this moment they heard the exclamation again: "On fire, on fire!" "But it came from the main warship of Shentuluo.

Shen Tuluo's face changed suddenly, he rushed to the side of the boat, and without thinking about it, he had already jumped off the side of the boat, landed on the boat, and said sharply: "Hurry up!" ”

The sailors hurried to the warship.

Duan Shao had already seen the figure on the warship moving, and vaguely saw the fire shining through the side window of the cabin, knowing that the fire was burning from the bilge, and he was shocked.

He thought that after the Chu people burned the grain boat, they would flee immediately, but he didn't want the gang to stay.

Just now, the two grain ships caught fire, and everyone's attention was attracted to it, and the people of Chu must have taken this opportunity to directly go and burn the main warship.

He felt a chill in his heart, he didn't know how many people the Chu State had sent over this time, but as far as the dialect could see, apart from the officers and soldiers of the Eastern Qi Water Division, where could he see the assassins of the Chu State?

Shen Tuluo boarded the warship, the fire in the bottom compartment was still not extinguished, thick smoke came out of the cabin, and the officers and soldiers were quickly spraying water into the cabin to extinguish the fire, his hands clenched into fists, and his face was pale.

If he fought head-on with the enemy on the water, Shen Tuluo had no fear, and the East China Sea Division was beaten under his command and almost wiped out, but in the face of these tricks of the Chu people, he couldn't think of a better way to deal with it, he was annoyed in his heart, the grain ship was burned, and he should be careful that the enemy continued to set fire to other warships, but the two ships were burned to the point that the two ships were grain ships, making him mistakenly think that the other party's purpose was just a grain ship.

Fortunately, the fire was discovered in time and did not allow the fire to burn completely, but even so, the warship was seriously damaged, and after the fire was extinguished, Shentuluo entered the cabin to check, and the smoke still did not disperse, and many places in the cabin had been burned and broken.

"Where did the fire start?" Shen Tuluo asked with a cold face.

"It's like..... It seems to be a bilge! "There is humanity on the side.

"Where are the guards?" Shen Tuluo said angrily: "Who can go into the cabin and set it on fire? ”

The front and rear cabins were guarded by soldiers, and Shen Tuluo really couldn't understand how the other party had infiltrated the bilge.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps was heard, and the two of them rushed over and said, "Governor, bilge.... The bilge is flooding, someone .... Someone destroyed the bilge! ”

Shen Tu Luo immediately went down to the bottom cabin, and saw that there were soldiers in the bilge with wooden planks to plug the hole, in the corner of the bottom cabin, there was a huge hole, at this time Wu from the hole to the water in the inside, and the smoke in the bottom compartment was so smoked that people could not open their eyes, Shen Tu Luo even smelled a smell of fuel, glanced around, and saw that the fire of the bottom cabin was even more serious, and many places had been burned into charcoal, and instantly understood, muttering: "They set fire from the bottom bilge!" ”