Chapter 268: Penglai's Great Victory
In Penglai Port, Zeng Dong also became smart after suffering several losses from the coalition forces. He assigned forty warships to his lieutenant general Chen Shipeng, and asked him to go outside the port to resist Ni Yun's reinforcements, not seeking to retreat from the enemy, as long as he did not let them get close to Penglai, while he could concentrate on dealing with Niu Qingyuan.
In terms of naval combat ability, Niu Qingyuan is indeed a first-class level, but compared with Zeng Dong, the deputy general of the military god Jiang Huanyan, he is still a little bit behind.
Niu Qingyuan, who was originally going to fight a defensive counterattack, also realized the gap between himself and the other party after the reinforcements were cut off and fought two defeats, so he withdrew to the port, defended the water village, and no longer took the initiative to attack.
The war lasted for half a month, on this day Zeng Dong once again led the army to fight, before leaving, he had already given a death order, today must take the enemy water village, attack Penglai City.
"Commander Huang, you have to arrive in time." Niu Qingyuan looked at the outside of the camp, all the black pressure was the Qi army warship, and secretly prayed in his heart.
"General, the water village will not be able to hold it, let's withdraw to the city and defend the beach." At this time, the lieutenant ran over dejectedly.
"Fart, people can be withdrawn, what about the warship? Do you want it, or drag it ashore? Niu Qingyuan said angrily, once the water village is lost, the military port on the shore will not be able to be saved, not to mention the warships inside.
"Then just open the gate of the village and fight to the death with the Qi army." The adjutant general said angrily.
Niu Qingyuan had no other way but to nod and agree. It is better for a ship to be sunk than to be captured by the enemy before it goes into battle.
Although Penglai is a dual-use port, the Tianluo Sect has always attached great importance to the economy, so the number of merchant ships is far more than that of warships.
This time the Qi and Wei countries suddenly attacked, and the Tianluo Sect rushed to the battle, and Penglai suffered a big loss in terms of troops. The reinforcements from Xianghu and Changxing Island were stopped outside the port by Chen Shipeng, resulting in Niu Qingyuan's available troops of only 35 warships.
"General, the enemy is in battle." One of the generals excitedly reported to Zeng Dong.
"Great, didn't Niu Qingyuan die fast enough? Let our ships distance themselves and wait for all the enemy forces to come out, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop. Zeng Dong ordered.
Soon the two armies rushed together, although the performance of the Tianluo Sect warships was higher than that of the Qi warships, but after all, the gap in strength was too great, and it only took half an hour to fight, and Niu Qingyuan lost twenty warships.
"Surround it, you can't let Niu Qingyuan escape back to the city." Zeng Dong shouted that there were still 10,000 city defense troops in Penglai City, and if he was allowed to escape back, he would inevitably stage a beach-rushing landing.
"General, let's withdraw to the city, if we don't withdraw, the Qi army will surround us." The adjutant general saw that the situation was not good, and suggested to Niu Qingyuan.
"Wait, it's not the time yet." Niu Qingyuan calculated the time, and estimated that Huang Songsheng should almost be killed.
The deputy general didn't know what to do, and thought that he was reluctant to give up the remaining warship, so he persuaded with a resolute face: "General, go back to the city first, and hand it over to the last general, and the last general will promise to live and die with the last warship." ”
Niu Qingyuan was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and smiled: "No need, if you insist on insisting, the enemy will soon be defeated." ”
Just when the deputy general was puzzled, a fire suddenly broke out in the direction of the Qi army's water village, and then the Qi army began to panic, and some warships sailed away from the battlefield.
"The Qi army has been defeated, and our reinforcements have arrived." Niu Qingyuan shouted when he saw this, and asked the soldiers around him to shout along.
When the soldiers of the Qi army saw the fire in their own water village, they were already puzzled, but now when they heard the enemy shouting like this, they were even more panicked, and the formation was also disrupted.
"Don't panic, don't fall into the enemy's trap. The reinforcements of the Tianluo Sect had been blocked by General Chen outside the port, and the water village was just on fire. Zeng Dong was also confused, not knowing what was going on in the camp, so he had to order to appease the army while arranging for someone to go back to check.
Don't look at what he said, although he said that it was a fire in the water village, he didn't think so in his heart at all. What he was really worried about was that Chen Shipeng would be defeated by Ni Yun, and his rear would be attacked by the Tianluo army.
"Hurry up and take Niu Qingyuan, as long as you can attack Penglai City, no matter whether the rear is Tianluo Army or not, he can't do anything about me." Zeng Dong thought to himself.
This naval army was personally trained by Jiang Huanyan, although it was a little panicked, but under Zeng Dong's appeasement, it quickly adjusted, and then launched a new round of fierce attacks on Niu Qingyuan.
"Hold on, everyone, trust me, reinforcements will be there soon." In the face of the enemy's fierce offensive, Niu Qingyuan also tried his best to boost everyone's morale.
After half a pillar of incense, there were less than five warships left around Niu Qingyuan. Zeng Dong also lifted the spear in his hand and prepared to go into battle in person to give Niu Qingyuan the final blow.
"The general is not good, you look behind you." A sergeant beside him shuddered and pulled him.
Zeng Dong looked back with a little dissatisfaction, and suddenly his face changed greatly, and he saw a fleet of sixty warships not far away rushing towards them.
"Zeng Dong, you have been surrounded by me, don't hurry up and surrender." After Huang Songsheng attacked the water village of the Qi army, he and Dong Liangbing split into two ways, united with Ni Yun to attack Chen Shipeng all the way, and came to rescue Niu Qingyuan.
"Huang Songsheng? How did you end up here? "Half a month ago, Zeng Dong received a battle report that they were attacking Xiakou City.
"Hahaha, if His Royal Highness is still here, he will definitely be able to see through our carving insect skills, but now. General Zeng, you have no way out. As he spoke, the warships of the Tianluo Sect had already lined up, blocking Penglai's entrance to the sea.
"If you want to capture me alive, it's up to you to see if you have the ability." Zeng Dong gave up Niu Qingyuan and ordered the warships to break out.
Seeing this, Niu Qingyuan also ordered the warship to pursue, and wanted to flank Huang Songsheng back and forth.
The two armies fought again, this time the situation was completely different from just now, Huang Songsheng's ironclad warship was extremely lethal, especially the big collision angle in front, as long as it was touched, there would be a big hole, and the sea water rushed in, and it didn't take long for the ship to sink.
Zeng Dong saw that the defeat could not be reversed, and his only hope was to capture Huang Songsheng alive, so he jumped onto the flagship of the Tianluo Army with a spear up and down.
Huang Songsheng had already planned that Zeng Dong would have such a play, he knew that the other party was the deputy leader of the Nujiao Gang, and his martial arts were by no means his opponent, so he arranged for the Cui brothers to pretend to be sergeants and follow him.
As soon as Zeng Dong's spear stabbed out, Cui Yuanyi and Cui Yuankui jumped out from the left and right. They have the experience of fighting Lu Xinghai twice, and they don't dare to slack off on the deputy gang leader in front of them, and they are killing moves as soon as they make a move.
The three of them fought for less than ten moves, and Zeng Dong was completely inferior, only feeling that the opponent's martial arts seemed to be specially restrained in his marksmanship.
In fact, how would he know that since the two people in front of him lost to Lu Xinghai, they had specialized in studying the marksmanship of the Nujiao Gang.
Although Zeng Dong's martial arts are also first-class, there is still a big gap between him and Lu Xinghai, so it is normal that he can't beat the Cui brothers.
"General Zeng, let's abandon your weapons and surrender, our prince is also the brother-in-law of His Royal Highness, and you serve him, it is not considered a betrayal of the Jiang family." Huang Songsheng persuaded again.
Zeng Dong didn't answer, he glanced around, and saw that there was not much left of his warship, so he secretly thought to himself: "With these two people, it is impossible to capture Huang Songsheng alive." At this time, if you don't want to find a way to escape, then as soon as the war is over, the warships around you will surround you, and it will be difficult for you to fly even if you have wings. ”
Thinking of this, Zeng Dong transported his internal strength to the extreme, and doubled the speed of his shots, and fired thirteen shots in a row between breaths, forcing the Cui brothers back. Then the figure flashed backwards, turned around and jumped into the sea.
"Oh no, he wants to escape from underwater, hurry up and release the crossbow arrows." Huang Songsheng shouted loudly.
But there was still time, and by the time the crossbowmen came up, Zeng Dong had already dived more than ten meters underwater. The disciples of the Nujiao Gang are all begging for a living on the water, and the water nature is naturally not comparable to ordinary people, and Zeng Dong is the most outstanding among them.
When the sergeant of the Luo Sect jumped into the sea to capture him alive, he had already dived dozens of meters, and under the water, the speed of these sergeants was incomparable to him, and he could only watch him escape.
Huang Songsheng shook his head helplessly, asked Niu Qingyuan to return to the city to garrison, and took the remaining warships to encircle and suppress Chen Shipeng.
By the time he arrived, the battle over there was over. Chen Shipeng's entire army was annihilated, and even he himself was beheaded by Dong Liang in front of the battle.
When the good news was transmitted back to Rongcheng, Shi Luosheng, Ling Zhen and others were naturally overjoyed, and while sending envoys to Beijing, they ordered Huang Songsheng and Ni Yun to divide their troops and march into Jiaozhou and Beihaigang.
In the palace in Shangjing, the ministers were shocked when they heard the news of the annihilation of the naval army, in their memory, the naval army of Qi was an invincible existence, they had never lost a battle, how could they be defeated now?
"Your Majesty, the envoys of the Tianluo Sect will arrive in Shangjing tomorrow, and the minister guesses that they should come to negotiate peace." Prime Minister Song Chong stepped forward and reported.
"What is the situation on the battlefield in Hanzhong and Nanjun?" Jiang Huan Chu's face was very ugly.
"The siege on both sides is not going well, and there is no progress for the time being." Tian Wuji also looked a little depressed.
Jiang Huan Chu forcibly suppressed his anger and snorted coldly: "The strength of Hanzhong is three times that of the enemy, and Nanjun is also twice that of the enemy, you all tell me, is the enemy army too strong, or is Sun Zhongmou and Tian Kangyou too incompetent?" ”
It was the first time for the ministers to see Jiang Huan Chu have such a big temper, which one dared to reply.
"Did the Tianluo Sect also send a naval army to force our Jiaozhou and Beihai? How many ships do the Fury Jiao Gang have? Can Gang Master Lu personally fight and fight them again? Jiang Huan Chu saw that no one accosted him, so he asked again.
"Gang Leader Lu also has a battle report, although he was attacked by Huang Songsheng last time, the overall loss is not large, and now there are eighty warships in Jiaozhou Port, including thirty three-story warships. If His Majesty orders it, Gang Master Lu will naturally fight in person. Da Sima Xin replied.