In the gradually darkening sky, the river is still full of fireworks and fireworks.

"Don't run, don't run. Stop it.. ”

Li Baozhen, the envoy of the Western Zhejiang Navy and the envoy of the Danyang Army, stood on his boat and shouted hoarsely, but he could not stop the rout of his subordinates.

As if history had happened before, these sail cables had become full of holes or broken pulp, and the official and military warships that were in tatters or still burning with fireworks rushed past the water around him and gathered many warships without hesitation, but they ignored any orders from the Chinese army and fled without looking back.

The left front of the sailor army that pursued the remnants of the thieves before the official army had been inexplicably defeated and retreated; The right forward, who turned around to meet and intercept, was also unable to stop the rout, and in the face of the new enemy ships, they also caught fire or overturned one after another. But he managed to win some buffer opportunities for his middle formation, hastily rowing, raising the sails, and adjusting the formation;

However, at this time, he secretly regretted that when he attacked the camp of those grass thieves near the shore, he had brought the guns, coals, and arrows brought from the ship, and only some melee sticks, head-banging and jumping to meet the enemy's armor. Now it is downwind again, and even the means of accumulating the collision with the sturdy hull of the ship have been weakened a lot.

"Blow the horn, row up with all your might, and collide with their peers, our boat is harder and stronger. Can prevail or not"

"Order the convoys of all ships to begin to put on their armor and crossbows, and prepare to jump broadside to meet the enemy."

At this time, Li Baozhen heard the faint thunder from a closer distance again; Then he finally saw clearly the appearance of the enemy ships that rushed out of the wreckage of the official ships that burned down the river under the smoke and flames that permeated the river.

It was a strange warship that covered the broadside with baffles and big plates, and it was impossible to see the inside of the deck except for the towering hard sails and oars; However, in terms of shape, it is still vaguely the appearance of a flat boat with a pointed head and a round tail in the land of Jingchu. Apparently the reinforcements of grass thieves from upstream.

But Li Baozhen was a little relieved, since it was the style of the Jingchu River boat that he knew, it meant that the means and experience of dealing with it were accordingly. At least these river boats built by the people are not comparable to the standard warships under their command that are good at traveling between the estuary and the coastal sea in terms of durability.

However, what did the enemy rely on to defeat the left and right wings of his own sailors? As the main force of the Danyang Naval Division brought out this time, there are hundreds of large and small warships on the left and right sides, such as warships, fighting ships, walkers, and river boats, and the number of soldiers who operate ships and water battles is often two or three thousand;

Even if you run out of gunstone arrows on the ship early, you will definitely not be easily defeated in melee engagement; Is it just that the other side relies on those baffles that seem to be resistant to arrows and mud-coated flame retardants? Thinking of this, his heart became more and more vigilant and anxious, and he looked at the enemy ships that were being shot head-on and full of rockets, and just went to ram head-on with the warships surrounding him.

Suddenly, the dull sound of fluffy bang exploded not far from Li Baozhen's boat, but it was the first to bear the brunt of the scene, and several official ships were hit sideways. Suddenly, countless fragments and broken oars burst out at the place of impact, and the officers and soldiers who had gathered on the boat gang nearby were knocked down with a terrible and miserable sound, and pierced the ground.

However, behind the baffles of the enemy ships, there was no movement to kill the next step, but instead let the remaining officers and soldiers who rushed forward bravely and bloodily cling, and brandished their swords and axes while climbing and chiseling and slashing. More arrows were fired, and the urn filled with charcoal was carried out of the cabin.

At this time, there were sparks suddenly on the enemy ships that were handed over, and they fell among the officers and soldiers who were like ants, and suddenly a roar like thunder was heard, and smoke bursting from the deck and the side of the shaft and rolling with a large canopy of fire, and in an instant it enveloped these shirtless or armored officers and soldiers.

After the smoke was blown away by the river wind again, the rebels were lying on the deck where the enemy was engaged, and the bloody corpses and wounded of the officers and soldiers were lying on the ground; Even the officers and soldiers carrying the large urn of coals were swept in and fell to the ground screaming; And the fire urn was thrown into the hatch that was carried out, and in a few breaths it overturned and spilled out of the charcoal fire, which ignited the inner compartment and rose up a large tongue of fire visible to the naked eye.

And this was only a matter of moments, and more enemy ships rushed into these regiments of officers and soldiers, and the guns were constantly shrouded in smoke and lit fire with the sound of fire and explosions from the ramming and throwing of their broadsides. And the firearms that were thrown became a lot of fiery grease that flowed and ignited everywhere when they shattered.

Then, whenever the officers and soldiers on these warships wanted to wave those bats, turning pillars, stakes and other instruments to counterattack, they would be hit by these thrown firearms, and the screams immediately broke out from the deck. Occasionally, there would be a dull roar of thunder, and then the officer ship that was engaged in the battle would suddenly begin to capsize and sink slowly.

"Mingjin, hurry up Mingjin, paddle with all your strength to push away the enemy ship, don't let it come over. Ordered the ships on the periphery to quickly disengage from the enemy on their own, regroup and fight again. ”

Seeing this scene, Li Baozhen was already full of heart, and roared with all his strength to the left and right.

Then he saw the lookout, the messenger and messenger standing in the mast bucket, once again struck by several arrows from afar, and fell down without a word, splashing blood on the deck.

An enemy ship, which was only slightly smaller than his ship, with its bulwarks and guards already in pieces, slowly turned sideways and slammed into the ship he was on while firing arrows and fire. Li Baozhen not only drew his knife in shock and anger, but also shouted forward in the lead:

"I'm invincible, kill all these thieves with me."

"Kill the thief. Kill the thief. ”

"Escort the military envoys, follow the thieves."

With the roar of high morale on the left and right, many officers and men in helmets poured out from the barns and decks, like a surging tide of rage swept towards the enemy ships that were about to reach the boundary, and then they rained down on the side and deck of the opponent's ship with their bows and arrows in a rain.

At this moment, on the deck of the enemy's ship, which was full of smoke and fire, and was mutilated and scarred, several large flames suddenly burst out from the breach; Suddenly, these elite armor soldiers gathered together were like an invisible giant force slammed into them, and the bloody flesh and blood flew on their backs and smashed apart; The people behind were like rice crops blown down by a gale, and they became bloody and overturned and rolled on the deck.

And Li Baozhen, who was surrounded by it, was pushed down and overturned to the ground by the person in front of him, and passed out on the spot. At this time, a sharp whistle sounded on this large enemy ship, and with the ups and downs and huge earthquakes that collided together, they climbed and jumped one after another, and the largest and most colorful officers and soldiers sat on the ship.

At this time, there were especially officers and soldiers in the lower cabin who pushed away the corpses that were piled up with flesh and blood blocking the exit, wanting to continue to do the stubborn resistance of the trapped beast; But he was shot at his body by a number of crossbows in front of him, and fell back into it with a short tailless arrow full of chests; Then, someone raised a sign to cover and wanted to continue to rush out, but was smashed by the thrown fire canister, and fell into it with a miserable scream of firelight.

After a while more the deck had been cleared of the officers and men who had appeared one after another on the deck, and had cleared and thrown most of the corpses of the enemy; He began to follow the exits and panes and hurled another fist-sized wired firearm into the lower cabin, and after a series of fluffy vibrations and muffled noises, spewing out a lot of ash smoke and bloody debris from the portholes and vents, there was no more life under the cabin.

Even the light of the fire that had risen in the cabin dimmed, and then a flag was taken out and a skilful soldier climbed to the top of the mast and hung it on the half-burned bucket, and the ship of the officer and the commander of the army changed hands from there.

Looking at the huge cyan flag on which the main general of the Chinese army was gradually raised to the mast on the boat, the official and military warships that were still fighting nearby on the river also seemed to have lost their fighting spirit and the support of the backbone, and suddenly showed a trend of collapse.

Immediately, in the midst of all kinds of screams, howls and wails that spread rapidly, they desperately plucked their oars and swayed to try to take the way. and did not hesitate to crash into those friendly ships that were approaching, or did not hesitate to swing their oars and slap on the heads of those officers and soldiers who were struggling in the water, and there were officers and soldiers who tried to cling to the side of the boat and shouting for help, just to clear a way out;

Or they are like dumplings and they are racing to abandon the ship and fall into the water to escape, or they are hopeless on the deck, throwing down their weapons on the spot and kneeling on the ground, please forgive。。。。。

When the battle on the river gradually came to an end under the increasingly thick sky, one after another of cheering and shouting began to carry the wind to the shore, turning into a clear and audible sound:

"Heaven makes up for the average, and recreates peace."

"Clear the troubled times, recreate peace."

"Clear the demonic atmosphere and recreate peace."

Then the sound of the wind gradually affected and infected the rebel soldiers who were gathered on the shore to watch the battle, and they shouted in unison

"Rebuild the peace."

"Rebuild the peace."

"Taiping."

"Taiping."

In the end, with these crowds of people who did not know what to say, and when the shouts spread to the city, only the word "Taiping" was left all over the mountains.

And in this earth-shattering shouting on the shore, it was rare for Meng Yu and Zhu Laosan to escape death for a long time, both of them were pale and smiled relatively bitterly, but they didn't expect that there would be such a turn and change.

In the Xunyang Building at the beginning of the lights, Shang Rang, the deputy head of the righteous army, and the banquet generals around him were already in the stunned and shocked silence, all kinds of dumbfounded and speechless for a long time.

As for Huang Chao standing at the head of the city, and the generals under the military government and his subordinates around him, they also looked at each other with complicated expressions, and their eyes were wandering, and they didn't know what to say.

This dullness and boldness lasted for a long time, until Huang Chao loosened his tight skin with some relief, and suddenly a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he personally opened his mouth and said:

"It turned out that the brothers of the Taiping Army came to support, I don't know if anyone would like to go to greet and greet them on my behalf."

"What King Huang said is very true, now it's fine."

"Huang Wang is right, it's time to say hello."

Since Huang Chao openly expressed his stance and set the tone first, these people who were a little embarrassed and hesitant, apprehensive and wait-and-see, etc., seemed to be greatly relieved, and suddenly realized or echoed as if they had just woken up from a dream.

"In the next wish, on behalf of the Yellow King, I will go to comfort one or two."

There are also people who automatically ask for orders, but it is Zhao Zhang, the right envoy of the military government. And the etiquette mixed in the crowd made Cui Miao's eyes become extremely cold at this moment.

However, it is like a wave of unsettled truth. Just as Zhao Zhang was about to take the order to leave, in the dark canopy in the distance, there was a sudden intermittent uproar.

"Oh no, the official army is coming."