As the smoke got closer and closer to the sailor's boat, some of the people with good eyesight had already noticed something strange on the river in the distance.

"Sixth brother, look, what is that!" Lai Yi pointed to the smoke in the distance and reminded loudly.

Lai Cheng also saw the smoke, but for a while he didn't know what was happening on the river, but Lai Cheng's instinct as a military general told him that this was unusual, and it was probably Xu Shiji's killing move! But what exactly? What will be the consequences? What if it is cracked?

"Sixth brother, the eldest brother came here with a flag message and asked you what to do?" Lai Yi pointed to the flag issued by the loose rider and asked.

He couldn't make up his mind, but he frowned as he looked at the crowded ships of the Right Yiwei Sailor, and his intuition told him that although this would speed up the transportation, it would also give his opponent a chance to catch them all. So, Lai Cheng decisively ordered: "Order the whole army to distance the ships from each other, and the ships must be separated by more than five paces!" ”

Lai Yi asked in surprise: "Sixth brother, General Mai has already led his troops to storm the fence of the Wei army's camp, is it appropriate for our army to slow down the transportation speed now?" ”

"Do as I say!" It's better to slow down the shipping than leave too many flaws! In addition, tell the eldest brother to bring a sentry in the direction of the smoke, if there is anything wrong, tell me immediately! ”

"No!" Lai Yi did not dare to question the decision of the commander-in-chief, and hurriedly told the whole army the order of Lai Cheng through the flag.

Soon, under the dispatch of the brothers who came to the house, the formation of the Right Yiwei Water Division began to loosen, and Lai Kai led more than a dozen large and small ships upstream, facing the overwhelming smoke.

After a while, when the formation of the Right Yiwei Water Master dispersed, the smoke became closer and closer, and a few wisps of fire could be found in the smoke, like the fire eye from the hell netherworld, condescendingly, looking directly at the mortal ants in front of him.

A ray of fire, a few rays of fire, a dozen rays of fire, dozens of fires。。。。。。 As the smoke gets closer and closer, the truth becomes clearer, these are dozens of fire ships with billowing smoke!

"Sixth brother, it's bad! It's a fireboat! Laiyi exclaimed.

Lai Cheng also stared at the fireship going down the river in the west with a stunned face, he didn't expect Xu Shiji to arrange such a vicious backhand, if the fireboat was allowed to hit the sailors, it would definitely cause panic, lead to the collapse of the whole army, and even directly affect the success or failure of this battle!

Lai Cheng reacted quickly, and immediately decided: "Order, let the loose rider come and sweep the boat straight to the fire ship array!" ”

Lai Yi exclaimed: "Sixth brother, that's the eldest brother!" ”

Lai didn't have time to pay attention to the little brother's shouting, and continued: "Ordering San Lang to come to Qing, Shiro to Zhao, after the eldest brother, lead all the big ships in the department, leaving only the necessary operators to rush straight into the fire ship array, and the rest of the people all jump ship!" ”

Before Lai Yi could react, he questioned loudly: "Sixth brother~!" ”

"All the ships that rushed straight into the fire array, when they approached, all the people on board jumped ship!" While quickly explaining in the form of an order, Lai Cheng continued to give an order: "Order Shichiro to come to Hei, Hachiro to come to Ping, and Jiulang to lead the remaining ships to continue to transport troops to the other side, you must be fast!" ”

"No! I'm going to give the order! Lai Yi, who got the explanation, was a little relieved, and was just about to go to play the flag when he was pulled back by Lai, and said: "Tell the whole army that the Holy Lord requires that this battle can only be won, not defeated!" Pass my general's order that the whole army is only allowed to advance, not to retreat! All the officers and men of the river diving division, except for the wounded, all went to the other side to participate in the battle, and those who returned to the shore without authorization, regardless of their military rank, will be beheaded! ”

"No!" Lai Yi also knew that the situation was urgent, and quickly conveyed the order of the whole army through the flag and the shouts of the flagship's personal guards.

The first to face the attack of the fireship, because the situation was urgent, did not wait for the instructions to be delivered, and the most correct decision was made.

Lai Kai led his subordinates to rush towards the fire boat without hesitation, trying to stop the speed of the fire boat down the river. He knew that if he wanted to make time for the command that came later, he had to lead his troops to block it forward, and if he let the fireboat quickly rush into the sailor array, the consequences would be unimaginable!

And San Lang Laiqing, who received the order to rectify, and Shiro Laizhao were not ambiguous, and quickly commanded the big ships in the direction of the thick smoke, and when the smoke was near, all the big ships were arranged horizontally and arranged in a zigzag array, blocking the river surface of the Yongji Canal.

The array of fireships going down the river, because of the pursuit of large-scale killing, the array of fireships is extremely loose and the progress is uneven, which gives Laikai the opportunity to block the speed of the fireboats.

When he approached the fireboat formation, Lai Kai shouted loudly: "Brothers, throw away all the long weapons in your hands, take off your battle armor, jump into the river with me, and swim to the other side to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions!" ”

The sailors and soldiers who had been ordered followed Laikai's instructions, dressed only in single clothes, hung long knives and sharp axes on their waists, ran to the deck one after another, followed Laikai, and jumped into the boiling river one after another like dumplings.

These sailors are all children who were born and raised in the river all year round, and each of them has a good water kung fu. After diving, everyone was no longer bound by armor, and each of them became a "white stripe in the waves", and they followed behind Laikai and swam to the opposite shore.

The ships left behind by the sailors carried their spare strength and collided with the fireship array, swaying from side to side with the dozen or so fireships that rushed to the front, and the twenty or thirty warships that no one controlled were mixed with the fireboats, turning around indiscriminately, seriously affecting the speed of the fireship array, and even many fireships were forced to be rammed and stopped, so they had to transfer the "anger" of one ship to the empty ships that had long been empty.

"Puff~! Puff~! ”

In addition to some of the fireships that were forced to spontaneously combust on the spot, there were also some fireships that had slipped through the net and still slackened their strong potential energy, and collided with the one-line ship formation that had been placed in a row by Saburo Laiqing and Shiro Laizhao.

This time, the sailors and soldiers on the ship jumped out of the boat early and swam to the opposite shore. Nearly 20 large ships more than ten meters long formed a zigzag formation, almost sealing the entire surface of the river, except for some of them were crooked and slanted, exposing the gaps, and allowing a few fireboats to pass through the cracks, the rest of the fireboats all crashed into the big ships without exception.

The fires on each of the fireboats seemed to have been caused by fuel oil, and the raging flames quickly engulfed the ships, and the wooden planks were "crackling" under the erosion of the fire, but they could not move any further.

Soon, a row of sky-high flames rose on the surface of the river, like a wall of fire, completely separating the river. A larger smoke was blown away by the wind on the river surface of the Yongji Canal battlefield, but there was no smell of "barbecue".