On the river, Chen's warships were retreating in an orderly manner, with the intention of luring the enemy, but an unexpected situation occurred: an iron cable that emerged from the water crossed the river to stop them, and another thing that shocked Chen's soldiers even more was that many masts appeared on the surface of Cehu Lake on the north bank of the river.

If there is a ship, there may not be a mast, but if there is a mast, there must be a ship, and it is a big ship, and the scene of the battle of Zhengrongzhou is about to be repeated again.

In that battle, the Zhou army hid warships in the big lake east of Bakou, and took advantage of the fierce battle between Zhou and Chen in the upper reaches of Zhengrongzhou, those warships came to a 'land boat', from the big lake into the south of the Yangtze River, and the Zhou army copied the back road of Chen's army with this hand.

In order to prevent the Zhou army from coming out like this again in Cehu, the Chen army's warships specially arrived to reconnoitre, and there was no trace of warships on the lake at that time.

But now the faintly visible mast in the direction of the lake is like a forest, and the matter is already obvious, the Zhou army first stopped them with the inexplicable Hengjiang iron cable, and then made a side attack in the direction of the lake 'land boat', and the main warship of the Zhou army, which was chasing closely behind, made another thunderous blow.

Then everyone will die here!

The main flotilla of the Zhou army came with the sound of drums, like a talisman that made the soldiers of the Chen army who were stopped on the river anxious, and the flotilla that had retreated in an orderly manner began to be chaotic.

They had already sailed with full sails and rode the wind, but when they saw that the speed of the warships in front of them suddenly decreased, and they could not avoid it, and the sails fell quickly, but it was too late, and more and more warships were crowded together, no matter how big or small, began to cross the river, and gradually the flotilla squeezed the iron cable of the Hengjiang River to a straight point.

The creaking sound continued to sound, and Chen Bing was extremely hopeful that the iron cable would be squeezed and broken, but it backfired, and the deadly Hengjiang iron cable was still strong, and most of the warships were still tightly stopped.

Not to mention the big ships like Goldwing and Qinglong, many medium-sized warships were also stopped, not that the soldiers didn't think of a way, the iron cable couldn't go around at all, the most important thing was because there were masts on the ship.

The length of the iron cable across the river is several miles, because of the natural sagging, the two ends are high and the middle is low, and the middle low place is even the bow of Meng Chong, the fighting ship, and the boat can not pass, seeing the shouting and killing sound behind is getting closer and closer, Chen Jun soldiers use the tools in their hands to cut and chisel the iron cable.

The tactics of blocking enemy ships by iron cables across the river and across the river are very common, and the countermeasure is to prepare fireboats or large torches to burn in advance, but now Chen Jun is in a hurry to have these things, and it is too late to burn them if they light torches.

Therefore, you can only use an ax and other things to chop, but this iron rope is not lying on the deck, if there is no thing to cushion steadily, the axe will cut down the iron rope will shake, so it is like chopping bones in the air, and it will not be able to exert force at all.

Moreover, the iron cable is not thin enough to be as thick as an arm, except for the axe, even a big knife can not be cut up, except for leaving a white mark is useless, the clanging metal impact sound comes and goes, but the Hengjiang iron cable is still as strong as ever.

The two-winged clippers are now picking up a big bargain, they don't have masts so they can't lift the sails and sail with the wind, in order to keep up with the fleet, they can only row by hand, and now the two ends of the Hengjiang iron cable are high and the middle is low, just let them slip under the iron cable.

The clipper boat located on the south side is okay, it doesn't matter if the shore is your own person, the clipper boat on the north side is a little troublesome, because the iron cable on the north bank is actually not that high from the river, and the boat can barely cross but not too close to the shore.

Because the north shore is the territory of the Zhou army, the archers on the shore are not joking, not to mention that the other party is still 'sailing on land'.

There are brains that are not good at driving the boat to the north shore, wanting to intercept the warship that the Zhou army is about to 'sail by land', and then without exception is ignited by rockets, the Zhou army on the shore is in full array, except for the first few stunned goods, most of the Chen army soldiers are now thinking about how to escape.

The navy was defeated, originally it was only a small defeat and there was a chance to turn defeat into victory, but now this iron cable across the river has blocked the hope of turning defeat into victory, seeing that the iron cable can not be cut for a long time, there are already soldiers jumping into the water to escape.

It was impossible to swim back to the mouth from here, and they jumped into the river to swim directly to the south bank, although the river was turbulent and probably had to float for miles before they could reach the shore, but the south bank was their own territory and was very safe.

"Don't escape, don't dare to escape and kill!!" Many of the overseers shouted loudly, and they led their men around their ships, and some of them were either dragged onto the deck and cut down, or they were killed by random arrows.

The signs of chaos on the warships were temporarily suppressed by bullets, and the Hengjiang iron rope was cut down by the soldiers on the warship.

If the rope just happens to be cut when you jump into the water, you will be wronged!

"Fireship! There are a lot of fireboats, and the Zhou army is approaching to release the fireboats! A terrible shout came from the masts of the warships, and seeing countless thick smoke rising from the west, the already calm Chen soldiers began to boil......

In the blazing candle sky, the magnificent Chen army fleet was now turned into a sea of fire, their front team was stopped by the sudden appearance of the Hengjiang iron cable, and then the rushing Zhou army warships released fire boats to ignite the crowded warships.

The fire spread quickly under the northwest wind, sweeping all the ships downwind, and countless soldiers were on fire, wailing and running on the deck, and then fell into the river one by one.

Whether it was the big ships such as the Golden Wing and the Qinglong, or the rest of the small and medium-sized warships of all kinds, no matter how complete the previous fire prevention measures were, all of them were burned, and the wooden warships turned into fire ships one after another, burning down Chen Jun's hopes.

"How can this be, how can this be" Chen Shujian muttered to himself as if he was enchanted, surrounded by a sea of fire, a rolling heat wave hit, and many of the guards around him had their hair and eyebrows curled by sparks.

"Abandon the ship, my lord!" The entourage persuaded each other, and the matter was undoubtedly defeated, and the surrounding firefighters could only wait for death on this ship, and the generals had arranged the boat, just waiting for Chen Shujian to go first.

"Abandon ship? Where to go, where else can Lone go" Chen Shujian was already blind, watching the tragic scenes happening in front of him, he was already grief-stricken.

"King, please move to the south bank by boat, the south bank is controlled by our army"

Chen Shujian didn't have the heart to listen to what others said, his head was a mess of porridge, and there were cries one after another in his ears, and he looked at the big ships such as Golden Wings and Qinglong that were lit without even hitting the enemy, his heart was like a knife.

On that day, he was ordered to go out as the commander in the main hall, and the emperor gave him a treasure knife in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, hoping that he would return triumphantly for the sake of the country.

On that day, on the Yangtze River, he stood at the front of the ship, the river was full of naval warships with flags waving, hundreds of large ships such as Golden Wing, Qinglong, Pingyu, Taiping, etc., the cheers of the Jiankang army and civilians on the shore were surging like a tide, and Chen Guo's naval army sailed west under his command to recover Yingzhou.

But now, those large-scale fleets lost more than half of them in Zhengrongzhou, and the rest were attacked and lost in Xisai Mountain.

What face did he have to go back, how did he face the Jiangzhou fathers, how did he face the Jiangdong fathers, returned to Jiankang and went to Taicheng, and what faces did he have to meet the emperor who had high hopes for him.

Chen Shujian is the fourth son of the first emperor, although he does not deal with the second Chen Shuling, and often fights for power and favor against each other, but he is not so mad that he wants to seize the throne by unscrupulous means, and it is his greatest wish to be a rich prince in his hands.

Therefore, he didn't think about grabbing military power when he was able to lead the troops to the battle, but he hoped to win the battle to relieve the country's worries, after all, the skin did not have hair, and only Chen Guo could have a good life for a clan vassal king like him.

But now that the army is defeated, what should he do?

"Let's go, let's go" Chen Shujian turned around numbly and said, everyone saw this and hurriedly talked about the relevant matters, but they didn't expect Chen Shujian to suddenly pull out a knife and wipe it on his neck, so that others quickly grabbed it, and several attendants cried and hugged him.

"Let go, let go! Let the lonely break himself! ”

"The king can't help it! Leave a useful body, and be ashamed again in the future"

"Tens of thousands of sailors, tens of thousands of sailors, all destroyed in Lone's hands!" Chen Shujian howled and cried, and the generals saw this and hurriedly let people carry him off the ship, and the defeat was helpless, if they left the king of Changsha and fled first, in case the other party had three long and two short, the official family would have to arrest a few people to cut off their heads to set an example.

Chen Shujian was in a trance, he sat on the small boat and looked at the ship that had begun to burn, and his heart was like a knife.

"It's over, it's all over......

In the sea of fire, more than ten Zhou army fighting ships flexibly shuttled between the fire ships, swept over the countless floating corpses on the river, and rushed towards the core of the sea of fire.

"Look at it with your eyes wide open, don't let that Chen Shujian slip away!"

"San Lang-kun, don't worry, that guy can't run!"

At this time, Zhou Faming's face was flushed and emotional, he endured the boiling heat wave and kept looking at the river, staring at the small boats of Chen Jun who fled in a panic, trying to distinguish whether there were people who looked like big officials.

In the Xisai Mountain War, his second brother Zhou Fashang was the head of the Zhou army, and as the commander-in-chief, he naturally could not leave his post without permission, so the burden of intercepting and killing Chen Shujian, the commander of the Chen army and the king of Changsha, was handed over to him.

According to the confession of Chen Bing captured at the scene, Zhou Faming knew that Chen Shujian personally sat on the big ship to fight with the army, and now the Chen army fell into Yu Wenwen's strategy and collapsed instantly, and when he said "hey, hey, hey" before the war, so the Zhou army was also ready and sent a large number of clippers to chase and kill Chen's army along the south bank.

Those routs who wanted to land on the south bank and flee for their lives ran away, but Chen Shujian definitely couldn't, and now was the time to beat the water dogs.

No, it's an enemy, an undying enemy!

The Zhou family has always been the official family of the Southern Dynasty, starting from the great-grandfather Zhou Qiang to the various generations of the Southern Dynasty, to Zhou Faming's father Zhou Jiong, Zhou Faming's mother is the princess of Chen Guo, is the continuation of Zhou Jiong, although he and the eldest brother and the second brother are half-brothers, but they have never been born.

As a result, not long after Zhou Jiong's death, the Zhou family suffered from flying disasters for no reason, Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing, and Chen Shujian, the king of Changsha, fought the law, and Zhou Fashang was affected because he was Chen Shuling's adjutant, and Chen Shujian falsely accused Zhou Fashang of rebellion, causing the Zhou family to become a thief for no reason.

Zhou Dalang Zhou Fa monk was arrested and imprisoned and finally died, Zhou Fa Shang was forced to rebel, and fled to the Northern Dynasty with his subordinates and stepmother and third brother, all of which were given by Chen Shujian, and now this fang is nearby and Zhou Faming is not excited.

I can't help but feel that Zhou Faming is not desperate, such a good opportunity appears, so I can't let Chen Shujian run away, but if he is captured, how to deal with it is very troublesome, if he does not kill, it will make the second brother embarrassed, if he is killed, it will make the second brother embarrassed, and it will also make Yuwen make it difficult for Jun.

If the person who killed the eldest brother is not killed, the eldest brother's spirit in the sky cannot rest in peace, but if he kills it, he will be overstepping his authority and killing without permission, and he will not be able to explain to his boss, and it is difficult for Yuwenwen to do it here.

This Yuwen envoy doesn't care about killing another Chen Guo vassal king, but it's not good to torture and kill him after being captured, Chen Guo is afraid that he will be entangled in Bazhou, Jiangbei, and Yuwen will definitely have a headache.

Therefore, Zhou Faming wants to shoot this fang on the battlefield, since he was killed by a stray arrow on the battlefield, then the revenge of the Zhou family has also been avenged, and Yuwen Envoy Jun does not have to worry, and everyone will not be embarrassed.

"San Lang-kun, look over there, look over there!!" One of the subordinates suddenly shouted excitedly, and Zhou Faming looked in the direction he was pointing, only to see several small boats shuttling between the burning warships in a panic, and one of the ships was a little special: a general dressed in Mingguang armor was held and stood on the deck, so exquisite that people were suspicious.

This is an escape rather than a tour, the boat is unstable and easy to shake, once it is unstable, it is easy to fall into the water, and the most important thing is that it is easy to be shot by stray arrows while standing, so at this time it should be sitting on the deck.

If the deck is dirty, it is important to save your life, and you have to stand at this critical moment, and you need someone to help you to show that you can't stand steadily, either because the deck is dirty, or because you are not afraid of falling into the water with someone to help you.

But the deck is dirty and can be paved with things and then sit, so it is unwilling to sit and stand unsteadily, which means that the kung fu on the ship is not good, there are people waiting left and right, and they are also wearing a big wind to cover the wind, and they want to be a big official, so this is interesting: the generals of the naval army will not be so hypocritical.

Thinking of the escape with a few small boats, Zhou Faming's breathing instantly began to become short, he didn't recognize Chen Shujian, and now he can't see the person's appearance clearly, if you observe it closely, you can see it from your speech and demeanor, but now it is unrealistic.

Without hesitation, Zhou Faming bent his bow and arrows to aim at the swaying figure in the firelight.

He grew up in Jiangnan since he was a child, although he was not a good at water warfare, but he was okay with water, and archery in an undulating boat was a test of archery, so he asked his subordinates to also release arrows together.

"Aim, shoot!"

After Zhou Faming finished shouting, he took the lead in releasing the string, and the arrow flashed like a meteor, only to see the head of the person on the boat in the distance splashed with blood, and then fell into the water. (To be continued.) )