Hedong County, Fenyin.

Since the crash and the failure to burn the pontoon bridge, for several days in a row, the boatmen in Hedong have never appeared in the waters of Fenyin again, and the Mengchong fast boats, as well as the building boat battleship that looks like a pavilion on the river, seem to have disappeared out of thin air, and there is no trace to follow on the river.

The Xiliang soldiers and horses stationed in Fenyin Water Village and guarding the large army boats, easily relied on the advantages of the pontoon bridge and iron cone to resist and repel the attack of the Hedong Boat Division, and saw that there was no more war in the past few days, and gradually relaxed.

And Biqiu Xing is waiting for the opportunity for the enemy army to relax in spirit defending Fenyin Water Village.

In the past few days, under the pressure of fearing the enemy and avoiding the battle, he chose to retreat, while chopping, making wooden rafts, collecting firewood and hay and other things that ignited fire, while sending scouts to sneak by land to spy on the reality of Fenyin Water Village.

Now that the fighter plane has arrived, Biqiu Xing took the opportunity to make a quick decision to motivate the soldiers, and the warships once again went upstream, setting off at dusk, preparing to attack Fenyin Water Village at night.

On the eve of the battle, Biqiuxing also formulated corresponding countermeasures to destroy the enemy according to the reality of the enemy troops that had been detected.

The two Mengchong warships, which had been damaged by the iron cone and were temporarily repaired, had slowed down and were no longer suitable for assaulting the water fortress where the enemy was stationed, so their task was to tow the wooden platoon to ram and burn the enemy's underwater pontoon bridge.

Wu Qiuxing commanded the Lou boat and the remaining three Mengchong warships to go to the assault on the water village and burn the river-crossing boats of Guo Yan's army.

Because of the scarcity of the boat divisions that his own side raided, Biqiu Xing had to refine the arduous task of the night attack.

After the night attack broke through the water village, the three Mengchong warships had to take advantage of their speed to quickly approach the assembled enemy boats, and use firewood and hay and other fire-starting objects to burn the enemy's river-crossing boats.

The building ship where Biqiu Xing was located took advantage of its own condescending and strong bow and crossbow to suppress the Xiliang soldiers who were reinforced from Shuizhai and the shore, attracting the attention of the enemy army, and creating opportunities and time for the soldiers of the Mengchong warship to burn the enemy's boats.

After making many such pre-war arrangements, Biqiu Xing did not say anything more, and directly ordered the warships to light torches, charge at full speed, and take advantage of the night to rush to the water village of Fenyin.

The process seems to be going even more smoothly than Biqiu Xing imagined!

The first Mengchong warship quickly broke through the gate of the water village and rushed to the place where the enemy boats gathered in the water village, while Biqiu Xing commanded the crossbowmen on the building boat, taking advantage of the condescending and strong bow and hard crossbow, constantly firing rockets at the Xiliang soldiers who reacted in a hurry, and shooting the enemy soldiers who were caught off guard one after another.

Just when Biqiu Xing saw a large-scale fire in the direction of the impact of the two Mengchong warships, and thought that it was done, a strange whistling sound suddenly sounded in mid-air, and he looked up, only to see that like a July fire, many fiery red meteors appeared in the air for a while, intertwined into a red giant net, and poured down in the direction of his own warship.

"Bang-bang-"

The sound of heavy objects falling into the water rang in my ears one after another, setting off one splash after another. After a flowing fire fell near Biqiuxing's field of vision, it caused a huge wave, and the high-pitched splash of water sprinkled on Biqiuxing's frightened face.

Biqiu Xing subconsciously touched the splash on his face, and the panicked shouts of the soldiers were already ringing in his ears, and the soldiers around him had already taken the first step, approached him, and said in a panicked voice:

"Captain, it's not good! It seems that the enemy's plan to show weakness and feint retreat and raid the water village has been seen through by the enemy, and the enemy army has assumed a lot of flying stone throwing equipment on the shore. ”

As he spoke, a few more flying stones wrapped in flames fell around the Lou Boat, and the three Mengchong warships that had been charging forward to approach the enemy's boat were even more shrouded in many flying stones, compared to the Lou Boat, although these Mengchong Clippers were light and agile, and the target was small, but the direction of their impact was the direction of the dense attack of the flying stones.

Those boats gathered together were originally the bait used by the Xiliang army to tempt the Hedong Boat Division, and the direction of the hypothetical stone-throwing equipment on the shore was mostly that area, so the three Mengchong warships were hit by the flying stones that poured down one after another before they had time to burn several boats.

In that area of death, whether it was the Xiliang Army Boat that lured the enemy, or the Mengchong Clipper of the Hedong Boat Division, in the dense group of flying stones, it was impossible to escape the doom of annihilation.

In an instant, the firelight burst out, the sawdust flew, the soldiers on the warship screamed again and again, the large and small warships and boats all turned into powder, broken and broken, or sunk or destroyed, and countless disintegrated decks and timbers floated on the water.

Even in the scarlet firelight, the waters were illuminated in vivid red, or perhaps they were stained red by the blood of soldiers who died under flying rocks and broken wood.

Bi Qiuxing didn't dare to look at the heads and hands of those who were floating and struggling on the water, nor did he dare to listen to the screams in his ears, he didn't even dare to stay for a moment, he hurriedly ordered the rudder to turn around, and directed the surviving boats to rush out of the water village.

This building boat, which was originally regarded as a fortress on the river, was making a hurried U-turn at this time, and fell into the eyes of the anxious Biqiu Xing, it was so difficult and slow, but he was in a hurry in his heart, but he couldn't intervene to make it faster, his face changed drastically in the firelight, and there was no trace of calm to follow.

"Captain, this place is very dangerous, let's take shelter in the cabin quickly!"

The military officials around him looked at the flying stones that fell around the building ship, and in a hurry, they didn't care about anything else, shouting and pulling, pulling Biqiu Xing to the lower floor of the building ship, Biqiu Xing looked at the soldiers on the deck who were hurriedly dodging, and even resisted in his heart, resisting the pull of the military officials around him, wanting to scream and stabilize the military heart.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words were spoken, another flint flew in, and this time the flying stone flew directly against the floor of the ship, accompanied by a loud noise and the violent vibration of the hull, the female wall on the top floor was directly swept away by the flying stone, and the broken wood flew sideways, and the soldiers who had not yet run down suffered a catastrophe, or died or were injured, and suddenly there was a wail.

"Quick, get out of here!"

Biqiu Xing was covered with armor and guarded by sergeants, and he was not injured by broken wood, so it can be seen that in this scene, where can he say anything else, he can only order the crossbowmen on the boat to retreat to the bottom as soon as possible, and not to add to the casualties of the Hedong Boat Division in vain.

Finally, the building boat completed the U-turn, and rushed out of the water village with difficulty, fortunately, the flying stones behind did not hit the hull again, so although the female wall on the top floor of the building boat was destroyed most of it, but the speed of the ship was not greatly affected, under the cover of night, Wu Qiu Xing joined the other two damaged Mengchong warships to burn the pontoon bridge, got rid of the Xiliang soldiers, and drove away from the Fenyin Water Village in a hurry.

The remnants of the army were defeated, and they were panicked like lost dogs.

After staying away from Fenyin Water Village and making sure that the Xiliang soldiers did not chase after him, the frightened Biqiu Xing looked at the ruined Hedong Boat Division, as well as the frightened and most of the injured sergeants on the boat, and couldn't help but weep and whimper.

"The battleships and hundreds of soldiers of the boat division are all lost in Fenyin, and this is my fault! In the past, when the prince of the government ordered the formation and training of the boat division, he did not take the generals in the army, but entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, hoping that I would lead the Hedong boat division and defeat the enemy! ”

"Unexpectedly, in a battle tonight, the ambush was defeated, more than half of the boats were destroyed, the sergeants died tragically to the enemy, and all the work of three years was destroyed in my hands.

After lamenting, Biqiuxing pulled out his saber and was about to wipe his neck and kill himself, but the sergeant next to him saw this scene and hurriedly rushed over and snatched the saber from Biqiuxing's hand.

The military officials with mournful faces could only come closer, and said to comfort Biqiuxing:

"Du Lieutenant, a defeat tonight, the boat division is destroyed, there is no longer the power of the enemy army in Hedong, at present, the only way to retreat to Pusaka and ensure that the city is not lost, can we share the worries of the county government, if the Du Lieutenant dies here, not only will it not help the situation, I will wait for the soldiers, how can we survive, please think twice!"

Wu Qiuxing listened to the words of the military officer, his hands hung down weakly, tears were in his eyes, his lips trembled slightly, and he looked at the faintly visible fire in the distance, but he couldn't say a word anymore.

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"The river bay and the harbor fork can be set up with more open piles and hidden barriers, and the sunken ship can also be used to run aground to block the enemy from approaching the shore, but this kind of strategy can only be used to defend against the enemy, but it cannot break the enemy, only by luring the enemy deeper, can we defeat the enemy with one blow and destroy the Hedong Boat Division here!"

After the great destruction of the Hedong Boat Division, the fires in the water village had not been extinguished, and Li Ru had already recovered from a serious illness and Zhang Ji, who had not rushed to Anyi with the army, came to the bank of Hejin, looked at the wreckage of the hull under the firelight, smiled coldly, and talked eloquently.

Zhang Ji listened to Li Ru's beard, and a strange blood color also appeared on his pale face.

What could be more painful than seeing your own enemies kill themselves?

In comparison, the few Xiliang soldiers and dozens of boats used to lure the enemy are not much price.

It's just that Zhang Ji still has some questions in his heart, he looked at Li Ru, who was a little proud, and asked out loud:

"Li Shizhong, it's just that after you failed in the attack of the Hedong Boat Division at the beginning, why were you sure that the Hedong Boat Division would come again to surprise the night attack?"

When Li Ru heard this, he laughed again. He looked at Zhang Ji's weak face, thought about it, and then said slowly:

"I wonder if General Zhendong has ever seen a drowning person?"

"Yes."

Zhang Ji hesitated, nodded and said.

"Those drowning people, when they are struggling to survive in the water, even if they see a branch or weed in the water, they will reach out and grab it fiercely, it's not that they don't know that it's useless to grab, but there is no other way, in danger, manpower is the only way!"

"At present, Hedong, after being broken through the defense line of the big river by our army, is like a drowning man, struggling, and the boatman in the east of the river is like that branch and leaf, straw, even if he knows that it is futile, he has to expect to help!"

"Therefore, I expect that the Hedong Boat Master will definitely go and return!"

After Li Ru finished speaking, he glanced at Zhang Ji, turned to the water illuminated by the firelight, and said with a smug smile:

"Hedong pretended to borrow a boat master, won a small victory, and finally suffered a big defeat, starting from this and ending with it, we will send the fire on the river to Yan Yanming. I believe that the flames and wreckage on the river tonight are the scene of tomorrow's peace, and the general's great revenge will be avenged, and it will be very fast! ”

Zhang Ji listened to Li Ru's words, and then laughed, but asked calmly:

"The waiter can expect tomorrow's events, and Anyi will already be broken?"

Li Ru seemed to have heard a joke, and in his opinion, it would not be difficult to calm the world if he could use his strategy, let alone Hedong.

He slowly clenched his fists, as if holding the prey in his heart.

"However, Confucianism has already predicted that Anyi will be broken!"