Chapter 890: Crossing the River and Landing on the Shore

Zheng Qiu looked carefully at the surface of the water with clairvoyance, and when he found that there were small reed poles floating on the water, he couldn't help but smile, and turned around and waved his hand to Xu Shubao. Xu Shubao had been following Zheng Qiu for many years, and he was already very familiar with Zheng Qiu's gestures, so he immediately ordered the archers to be ready, and a group of sailors with fishing nets were waiting on the side of the ship.

When they saw that the reed pole was about to reach the side of the boat, the sailors immediately spilled the fishing net, and four or five people pulled the rope at the same time, and soon there were water ghosts of the Northern Soviet Army who were caught up in the fishing nets, and they were still struggling frantically, and the archers who had been prepared for a long time immediately released their arrows, and after a while, the water ghosts in the fishing nets were shot into hedgehogs.

The nets were only spilled once, because the water spirits of the Black Flag Army sailors had also crept down from the other side.

Soon the river began to bubble in some places, and then the water turned red.

No one could see the fierce fight under the water, but you could guess how terrible it was down there from the blood that kept pouring out. The middle-aged man on the east coast, known as Mr. Nishiyama, held his clairvoyant eyes and looked at them for a while, then his face changed color, and he stood up sharply, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.

"What's wrong?"

Sun Yingdian hurriedly asked.

Mr. Nishiyama, who is obviously a little disdainful of this waste-like proprietor, is well disguised by him. He shook his head slowly and said, "It's nothing, it's just that some fishermen have been lost." The Black Flag Army's sailor looks like the Yangtze River sailor of the Great Sui, but isn't this sailor in Luo Tu's hands? Why are you following the solution now? ”

Sun Yingdian saw that Mr. Xishan said lightly, and he didn't take it to heart: "In this world now, such a thing as apostasy is commonplace." What's so strange about following Luo Tu today and Fang Xie tomorrow, if my strength is stronger than the Black Flag Army, then the sailor may come to me tomorrow. ”

When Mr. Xishan heard these words, he glanced back at Sun Yingdian, and there was some deep meaning in his eyes.

"Blow the horn, let the small boats come over, our ships are small but there are many of them, let the sailors climb the big boats, and stop the archers from firing arrows on this side!"

Mr. Nishiyama gave an order, and the hundreds of small boats that had been docked on the east shore for a long time rowed out.

The battle between the underwater water ghosts ended quickly, and although the fishermen of the Northern Soviet Army were good at water, their skills in fighting under the sleep were far inferior to those of the sailors, and they did not exceed ten minutes from beginning to end. Hundreds of corpses floated on the surface of the water, drifting south along the river.

Looking at the outfits of those people, most of them are fishermen.

The sailors' water spirits had almost no losses, which was extremely meaningful for the morale boost, and the sailors on the big ship immediately erupted in cheers.

The people watching the battle on the shore didn't know what was happening, because they couldn't see it clearly from a distance, but they heard cheers from the side of the Black Flag Army's sailors, and they cheered too.

"What's going on?"

The people in the back asked eagerly, for fear that they had missed something good.

"I don't know!"

The people who were shouting at the top of their voices in front shook their heads: "Whatever, anyway, if the people on our side cheer again, they will definitely win for a while!" ”

The people behind nodded and followed the howling call.

Hundreds of small boats quickly approached the big ship, in front of them were soldiers with huge shields, their task was to block the feather arrows spilled on the big ship for the soldiers behind, there were no archers on the small boats of the Northern Soviet Army, they were all selected soldiers with good martial arts, and their purpose was to board the ship.

When there were still about 100 meters away from the big boat, a small boat in front suddenly shook violently, and although the soldiers of the Northern Soviet Army on the small boat were not landlubbers, they were a little unstable by this shake. At this moment, a person suddenly appeared in the water, grabbed the side of the boat with one hand and grabbed the ankle of a soldier of the Northern Soviet Army with the other hand and dragged it hard, the soldier shouted and fell into the water, and after a while, the corpse that was stabbed on the neck slowly floated up.

The water spirits of the Black Flag Navy Division swam back and forth under the boat with knives in their hands, waiting for an opportunity to hunt like sharks. The soldiers of the Northern Soviet Army on the small boat were frightened enough and were on alert. Because they were going to get on a big boat and fight in close quarters, they didn't have any long weapons to carry them, and they were a little powerless to deal with the water ghosts.

Mr. Xishan's face was a little ugly, in just ten minutes, at least a dozen soldiers of the Northern Soviet Army on a small boat were overturned and fell into the water, and the sleeping Black Flag Army water ghosts pounced on them like fierce sharks, and in a moment they tore the soldiers of the Northern Soviet Army who fell into the water to pieces.

"Almost, let the water ghost come back."

Zheng Qiu commanded lightly.

The horn sounded on the big ship, and the sound of the horn was remembered, and the calm on the river was restored, which shows how well-trained the water ghosts of the Black Flag Army were.

"Ballista!"

Zheng Qiu waved his hand, and the flag-bearer on the mast immediately waved the flag. Seeing the flag, the boats turned their ballistas around and aimed their angles at the boats.

With the wave of the ordered flag, dozens of heavy crossbows smashed into the fleet of the Northern Soviet Army like meteors. The heavy crossbow with steel and iron was so powerful that it was hard to resist even with the sturdiness of a wooden ship, and even if the boat hit by the heavy crossbow was not chiseled, the hull would shake violently.

A heavy crossbow directly smashed the giant shield at the bow of the ship, the crossbow arrow was undiminished, and the shield man's heart was torn apart and continued to fly backwards, and the soldiers of the Northern Soviet Army who stood in a row behind were unlucky one by one, this heavy crossbow actually passed through the bodies of four people at once, and the wounds caused by the heavy crossbow with the thickness of the forearm could not be cured at all, even if he did not die at that time, he could not survive for long.

A series of four soldiers of the Northern Soviet Army tumbled into the water, and the surface of the water was immediately stained red.

"Archers! Shoot! ”

After the boat was close, the generals of each ship no longer needed to look at the flags on the flagship, and they commanded each other. Feathered arrows aimed at the small boats one after another, as dense as a torrential rain. Although there was a giant shield in front of him, there were still many soldiers of the Northern Soviet Army who fell into the water with arrows.

After losing hundreds of people, the small boats of the Northern Soviet Army finally had a chance to get close to the big ships of the Black Flag Army.

But just as they were preparing the ropes and iron claws to board the ship, dozens of centipede clippers suddenly rushed out from behind the big ship. Like a monster crawling quickly on the water, it fiercely crashed into the small boat fleet in northern Jiangsu.

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The Centipede Clipper can carry fifty sailors, each of whom can paddle. But in surface combat, half of the trained sailors will be involved in the battle, and the other half will operate the oars. On each Centipede clipper, more than two dozen soldiers slaughtered the soldiers on the small boats of the Northern Soviet Army at a medium distance with easy-to-carry repeater crossbows.

The Northern Soviet Army had only one purpose, that is, to let the soldiers risk boarding the ship to prevent the Black Flag Army from docking, so they did not carry bows and arrows at all, and at this time they were simply the live targets of the soldiers of the Black Flag Army's sailors. The centipede clipper passed through the fleet of the Northern Soviet Army, and the crossbows kept being activated, and one after another the soldiers of the Northern Soviet Army fell down with a wail, and some people were planted in the water, and were soon washed downstream by the river.

The gap in equipment, the gap in training, and the gap in combat experience make the battle on the surface not a battle at all, but a massacre.

"Let the archers line up on the shore!"

Mr. Nishiyama's face was a little ugly: "We don't know anything about the Black Flag Army, and we never knew that the Black Flag Army had such a well-trained sailor. Now we can only wait until the Black Flag Army comes to attack, and the water is no longer controllable. Blow the horn and let the boat pull back! ”

The soldiers of the Northern Soviet Army hurriedly blew the horn, and the soldiers on the small boat were eager to retreat immediately, and immediately turned the bow of the ship when they heard the signal, where was there still a little courage to fight.

At this moment, Du Dingbei, who was standing on the shore, had a look in his eyes.

"Beat the drums, attack!"

As the drums sounded, countless centipede clippers pushed out from the shore. The soldiers pushed the boat into the river and ran down the river before climbing up. Countless centipede clippers were suddenly lifted out of the crowd of soldiers on the shore, as if the real countless huge centipedes had descended the river.

"Not good!"

Mr. Xishan's face on the other side changed greatly this time, he thought that the Black Flag Army would rely on those big boats to cross the river, but he didn't expect the other party to be so cunning, hiding the centipede boat in the crowd on the shore, and only carrying it out when attacking! As the drums of the Black Flag Army sounded, one by one the centipede boats entered the river, and the soldiers slid their oars at the same time, rushing towards the east bank as if they were flying against the water.

At this time, the fleet of the Northern Soviet Army had not had time to retreat to the shore, and their speed was obviously much slower than that of the Centipede Clipper, and the distance of half the river was quickly caught up by the soldiers of the Black Flag Army, and it didn't take long for the boats on both sides to mix together.

"What to do! What to do! ”

Sun Yingdian stood up anxiously.

"Let the archers release their arrows!"

Mr. Nishiyama shouted.

"No way!"

Sun Yingdian shouted: "My people are still there and haven't come back!" ”

"I can't care about that much!"

Mr. Xishan glared at Sun Yingdian fiercely: "Let the soldiers of the Black Flag Army stick to the back of our ship and come back, once they land, the loss will be much greater than this!" ”

He ignored Sun Yingdian, and went directly over to grab it and wave the flag. Seeing the order, the archers of the Northern Soviet Army on the shore were obviously stunned for a moment, but they quickly began to fire arrows at the boats on the river under the command of the generals.

Du Dingbei sat on the bow of a centipede clipper, and when he saw that the archers over there had already released their arrows, he immediately turned around and shouted: "Bow down!" Ignore it! Just rush forward and row harder! ”

Feathered arrows were shot overwhelmingly, and many soldiers were hit by arrows. Du Dingbei held a shield to block half of his body, and from time to time he glanced at how far he was from the shore. At this time, he had forgotten about his nervousness, forgot about his fear, and all his attention was on the enemy on the other side.

"Remember!"

He turned back loudly and shouted: "Don't rush forward in a hurry when you get ashore, and kill a clearing for the follow-up team!" ”

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Fang Xie looked at the battle with clairvoyance, and nodded: "It's decent, and everything that can be done has basically been done." It is a bit of a novelty to use a large boat to attract the attention of the enemy, and to cross the river with a centipede speedboat and mix with the enemy's rout. ”

Wu Yi nodded: "It's indeed a bit unexpected, Zheng Qiu almost attracted the attention of the other side, the enemy's arrow formation was almost placed to guard against the big boat, and it was a little late to see the centipede clipper launch and then rearrange the arrow formation, minimizing the loss of crossing the river, this young man is available." ”

On the river, Zheng Qiu saw that the team led by Du Dingbei was about to rush over, and commanded the big ship to also move towards the east bank.

"Don't feel sorry for the feather arrow, shoot the quiver to Lao Tzu!"

He drew his horizontal sword and pointed forward and roared, and the archers on the big ship immediately poured out the feathered arrows.

Across

Mr. Nishiyama glanced at the Black Flag Army fleet rushing straight towards the shore of the Chinese army, and immediately guessed the enemy's purpose, he turned around and ordered: "Let the three hundred heavy armor in the back be ready, and wait for my order at any time!" As soon as the enemy lands on the shore, run them over me and drive them into the water!" ”

That's when it happened

In the distance, several horsemen came on horseback, their faces anxious.