"Dock quickly, dock quickly, and dock immediately at all costs; Quickly raise the lights and give me the order"

Zhong Jiwen suddenly blessed his heart, and shouted hoarsely in desperation.

Because he finally remembered that it was convenient to dimly display Chen Cang under the moonlight tonight, but it was not easy to see the existence of Xingdou. Those little things are obviously not "starlight", but the lights of the unknown boats that have broken into the Qiantang River.

However, he only counted the Taiping thief boatman who was trapped in the upper reaches of the Cao River, but he did not expect that there were still people who could take advantage of the high tide from the high tide of Hangzhou Bay and the open sea of Qiantang Estuary to take advantage of the high tide to go up.

However, what kind of demon magic did the other party use, and how did he do it? It's just that he doesn't have time or strength to think about it. Because the light of a small fire not far away, the sudden roar had already drowned out his shout.

In an instant, he saw that the lights of the boats that crossed the river, which only followed behind him, had extinguished and disappeared the nearest part of the enemy in some faint roar and crackling sound.

When the fire rises and illuminates again, it can only illuminate some fragments on the surface of the river, or the figures that are burning up and breaking the riverboats, and are racing to fall into the river or flee by throwing themselves into the water.

It's like an invisible beast on the river secretly taking advantage of the cover of twilight, and it is constantly devouring the boats under his command that will cross the river later. Almost every flickering of the fire, accompanied by a dull roar, the lights of the ferries vanished; Then it turns into a burning mass of debris on the surface of the water.

The lights of the riverboats, which were left to survive the middle of the stream, were like schools of fish frightened by ferocious sharks, completely scattered on the surface of the river, and in the panicked collision, exclamation and capsizing caused by squeezing, the lights on the boats were extinguished one after another.

However, Zhong Jiwen, who was on the boat, could only watch all this with a tear-barred eye but could not do anything; Because the last group of people who crossed the river were mainly baggage, grain and grass, and livestock, except for the boatmen and sailors, there were not even a few soldiers who could hold their bows and fight back.

Then these enemy lights in the dark twilight easily rushed away like rampaging beasts, and after dispersing most of the ferries on the river, they rushed towards Zhong Jiwen's boat like an unabated trend, and the sound of the water rushed forward with a stirring sound.

At this time, there were also rounds of water jets that burst out one after another on the side of Zhong Jiwen's boat; Suddenly, the corner of the stern of the ship burst out of thin air, and the sawdust and fragments splashed in all directions, and suddenly I saw the nearest few guards standing on the ground and screamed with blood on their heads and faces.

"Please also ask Lian Shuai to avoid it quickly."

In the midst of the rapid shouts left and right, Zhong Jiwen was also dragged into a relatively safe cabin by the guards who rushed up, and then raised his hand to cover him. On the other hand, there were also people who struggled to urge the sailors who were in charge of paddling in the lower cabin:

"Quick, quick, paddling, don't worry about the boat, give me all the strength to rush to shore."

However, before the words could be heard, the hull was suddenly struck again and again, and suddenly a terrible hissing, wailing, and cracking sound erupted from under the warehouse; And the movement of encouragement and spur is completely gone.

"Oh no, Lian Shuai."

Immediately, a guard with a bloody head and a piece of wood on his face rushed to Zhong Jiwen's front and threw himself down and screamed.

"The lower cabin has been pierced by unknown objects, and most of the oarsmen are dead and wounded, and the rest of the people can't control the boat."

"Take off your robe and armor with me, and immediately put down the boat. The ship can no longer stay. ”

Zhong Jiwen, who was already shocked and inexplicable when he heard this, immediately drank it left and right.

"No."

The guards on the left and right hurriedly stepped forward and got busy. At this time, there was another exclamation from outside:

"Enemy ships rushed over".

At this time, Zhong Jiwen, who had already completed his light equipment, also rushed to the side of the ship under the left and right guards, and when he turned around, he saw a strange-looking big ship covered with smoke and arrows, which was diagonally slashing towards the bow of the ship that was trying to turn to the shore, and cut it horizontally with a pointed tip that flashed with metal reflection.

However, the other party's low boat gang and tall hub pulp still made him recognize it at first sight. These are vehicles and ships, and they are vehicles and ships, and they are vehicles and ships that can swim against the current in the offshore sea and in the river tide

At this moment, Zhong Jiwen regretted a little because he was afraid of the remnants and influence of the former Jinwu general and coastal soldier and horse envoy Zhang Quan in the Mingzhou naval army; And after the large-scale purge, he didn't dare to trust the rest of the people, and did not bring out all the Mingzhou sailors who were still able to fight.

Even if they don't directly participate in the war and let them patrol in Haikou, it is enough to avoid the risk of these accidents, or if they delay a little bit, they can also lead their headquarters to be prepared to deal with it, and they will not be trapped on the ferry and do nothing, and finally they can only passively be beaten and run away.

The moment he landed the rickety boat and squatted on the board of the boat as he slowly landed on it; The enemy ship had collided with the ship. In an instant, the splash that was almost stirred up was all over his face, and it washed away another guard who was still standing on the boat into the river.

Suddenly, more dense roars and screams, as well as fierce shouts and killings from the jumping gang, filled the ears of everyone in the small boat that was staggering and trying to hold it out;

And at this moment, Zhong Jiwen, whose face was extremely bleak, could only bite his arm that had already leaked blood, and used severe pain to curb his urge to make a sound.

However, as the instinct of the leading general, he realized that these ships on the river were irretrievable, and the plan for now was to go ashore as much as possible and regain control of the people and horses he had crossed the river, so that it was possible to save the follow-up situation.

After all, since it was a strong attack on the river that the thief army had prepared for a long time, wouldn't this generation have already been ready for battle in Lu Ye and laid the corresponding net. At this moment, he hated the local gentry who had provided him with information and an agreement.

If it weren't for these reluctant people who swore to be a guarantee, the Taiping thieves north of Qiantang were temporarily scattered and scattered in the place, and the intention of plundering the territory without thinking of making progress was very clear, and he would not have broken his mind to launch this battle of crossing the river.

Now that I think about it, I'm afraid I've fallen for someone else's countermeasure; You must know that the heavy loads, grain, grass and equipment on this group of ships crossing the river accounted for more than half of the army under his command, plus the rear team and other baggage that were still stranded and cut off on the opposite bank.

These horses who have crossed the river have become rootless teachers who are difficult to hold for a long time; If you can't make a quick decision,。 It's easy to forget about the lack of food and fall into a situation of disintegration.

Therefore, he once again made up his mind, and once he returned to the camp of the main formation on the north bank, he would quickly send out those men and horses from other tribes who were easily shaken to eat (plunder) in the counties, and then he himself led the formation to make a bluff of forcing Qiantang...

"Lian Shuai, Lian Shuai, the stars have fallen."

Suddenly, the soldiers beside him who were paddling hard pointed to the sky again and shouted hurriedly.

Then Zhong Jiwen saw it again, and there were bursts of firelight, rising from the dark river in the distance, slowly cutting through the dim night sky, and turning into bigger and bigger fire dragons;

Then they crashed like a meteor on the north shore, among the men and horses who had been alarmed and wanted to meet nearby; Suddenly, there were fireworks and roars everywhere, full of terrible shouts and scurrying and running on people's backs.

The soldiers of Zhedong who gathered on the shore were even frightened and pushed by the rear, and they crowded one after another, stumbling or involuntarily jumping into the dark and cold river.

"Be careful."

Then another paddling soldier shouted again, but there was another burning but empty riverboat, drifting behind them with the current.

Then, with some strange neighing sound, the ship suddenly burst through the blackened and brittle siding, and rushed out a huge figure, but it was a military horse carried on board, and it fell into the water with sparks ignited by a mane.

Then they swam towards their boat as if they were psychic, but the soldiers who were rowing showed a certain look of resentment and disgust, and waved their oars to beat them away.

Then the black-mottled military horse took several beatings before it screamed and retreated again, and by this time the staggered fireboat had already hit the beach and ran aground on the gravel beach on the bank of the river.

Zhong Jiwen breathed a sigh of relief at this time, relying on the illumination of this fireboat, he could already see the embankment full of fallen and floating corpses, at this time, this fireboat didn't know what it burned, and suddenly it exploded in the center more and more violently.

In the midst of the rain of sparks, a flying stalk slammed into the side of the boat, breaking not only the arms and oars of the two soldiers, but also the shattered coals of fire on the others.

Zhong Jiwen, who was protected in the center, was not spared, and burned several smoking hollows in the silk cloth; As he pounced, he saw the bald-tailed and scorched horse swim again.

When the hoarse Herod raised his head and leaned on the side of the boat, he suddenly shook Zhong Jiwen, who was standing up and shaking off his clothes, into the river.

On a mountain on the north bank, the deputy firewood of the boat division team also quickly dropped the flame pipe in his hand to guide the direction, and the peripheral people of the Zhedong Coalition Army were alarmed not far away, and before they surrounded and searched one after another, they jumped again and disappeared into the grass swing under the night.

And in the night wind in the distance in the direction of his retreat, there seemed to be a slight tremor of a large group of horses' hooves galloping; and along with the bright torches and wind lanterns of the clouds like a long dragon; Like a flood of water surging across the embankment, it rolled up on the periphery of these unstable camps, most of the fortifications and fences of the eastern Zhejiang coalition army.

At the same time, in Qiantang City, Zhou Huai'an, who was dressed in blue and black, was also standing on the brightly lit city, watching the movements of wantonly copying and burning in the wharves and markets along the West Lake.

"You say, why do you want to stay at the risk of having a huge relationship? Wouldn't it be nice to get out of the control of this army and escape? ”

He then stood beside him, the last few of the representatives of the fathers and elders at the banquet, the only remaining head of the clan or the principal:

"The Governor of the Metropolitan is not worried. Even if you run down, what can you do? It's just the result of being in prison sooner or later. Why don't you use this to help one or two with all your might, so that you can justify yourself and correct your name?"

Shen Yannian, who is the head of the Shen family in Qiantang, said without hesitation.

"Besides, the majority of the governors have the land of Zhunan, even if they can run away from me for a while, can they still run the foundation and relatives of my generation in Liangling, Fujian and Zhejiang?"

Huang Wenyi, the principal of the Huang family, also smiled bitterly:

"Since your family has not had the rumors and reputation of forcible seizure before, I can only hope that the governor of Dadu will be able to see it afterwards."

"The old body is just getting older, and it's a little hard to leave the homeland.,And I feel that since this matter should have nothing to do with the family and don't know.,Why bother to take the trouble on your back for this right and wrong.。。 Maybe there is still a chance to discern and slow down if you stay. ”

Gu Xibai, the patriarch of the Gu family, also nodded slowly.

"It's really unfortunate for the family, someone is involved, and the villain can only stand up to redeem one or two in order to save a little incense and blood."

And Zhu Xiaolangjun, the youngest person present as the representative of the Zhu family, was extremely humble and pleaded.