Coming to the boat gradually, I saw that behind each small boat was followed by a big boat, and there was a big skull flag hanging on the big boat, and the middle one had a big flag next to the skull flag, and a big "yellow" character was written on it.

Jiang Huanyan watched for a long time, and suddenly shouted: "It's not good, withdraw quickly." ”

At this time, the warships of the Qi army had all squeezed into the Song army's water village, surrounded by water, and retreated out for a while.

There are only two miles left from the water village to the boat, Huang Songsheng raised his knife and made a move, and the small boats in front of the big boat were ignited together, the fire took advantage of the wind, the wind borrowed the fire, the boat was like an arrow, and the smoke rose to the sky. More than 20 small boats crashed into the water wall at once, and the fire quickly spread among the warships.

The Qi army was suddenly in chaos, there was a loud bang, and two teams of warships were killed before and after, the team of warships in front of the water village erected a "Ling" flag, and the later warships erected a "Niu" flag, Liu Zixuan and Wang Lun also took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill back.

Jiang Huanyan saw that she had fallen for Shi Luosheng's plan again, and she was in a hurry. The ship he was on was also on fire, so he had to put down the boat and want to leave the water village quickly.

Shi Luosheng's warship was also burned by the fire, and he also jumped into the dinghy and headed in the direction of Liu Zixuan.

Shi Jianfei and Zhang Jianfeng, the two elders who were in the midst of a fierce battle, saw that Jiang Huanyan had escaped from the water village and had no intention of fighting, so they jumped out of the battle circle with a false move and robbed a small boat of the nearby Song army and wanted to escape.

Just when the two of them stood on the dinghy, Wu Hualiu and Ji Luer suddenly jumped out of the water, cut off their heads while the two were unprepared, recaptured the dinghy, and beckoned Wang Chiji and Yin Baoli to board the boat and escape together.

After a scuffle, almost all the warships in the water village were burned except for a few that were still on the periphery and those that escaped in time, and the Qi army was also annihilated.

Jiang Huanyan took a small boat and quickly escaped from the ambush circle of the Song army. He didn't dare to stop halfway, for fear that the Song army would still have an ambush, so he fled all the way in the direction of the Qi army's water village. Halfway through the journey, Jiang Huanyan encountered a deputy general who saw the fire and led the army to rescue him, and Jiang Huanyan felt a little at ease.

boarded the big ship, counted the casualties, and found that there were only five or six of the more than forty warships brought in, and the three-story warships were all burned down because of their large size, and the two elders of the Nujiao Gang who followed him on the expedition were also killed in battle.

Jiang Huanyan had never suffered such a defeat since he led the army, and he was a little unacceptable for a while, and he sat on the deck with his butt down, reviewing the entire battle. The adjutant didn't dare to step forward to disturb him at this time, so he could only stand aside silently.

Approaching the water village, I saw that the direction of the water village was also thick smoke, and the deputy general was shocked and hurriedly ordered to go over to check. Jiang Huanyan was also awakened by the scene in front of him, and at the same time stopped the behavior of the deputy general, and ordered the withdrawal of troops directly back to Qi State.

The adjutant general asked puzzledly: "Your Highness, why don't you go to put out the fire, but withdraw to Daqi instead?" ”

Jiang Huanyan said a little weakly: "I have brought out most of the warships when I went to attack the Song State Water Village this time, and then you came to meet me again and brought out the rest of the warships." Now that the water village is on fire, it must be Ning Buqu who took advantage of the emptiness of our camp to come and attack. We have just experienced a big defeat, and the Shuizhai camp has also been burned by Ning Buqu, and the morale is low. Even if the Yan army didn't ambush, what would be left if we rescued the camp? It's better to admit defeat and leave, in fact, I should have withdrawn after the failure of the sneak attack on Penglai, because I was unwilling to lead to a series of failures one after another, this is all my fault, after I go back, I will write to my father to ask for guilt, resign from the position of commander of the navy. ”

When the adjutant general heard this, he hurriedly dissuaded: "Your Highness, you can't resign, although our Great Qi is full of generals, who is more proficient in naval warfare than you." If someone else comes to serve as the commander of the navy, the next time there is a war, our losses will only be greater, Your Highness, you have to think twice. ”

Jiang Huanyan sighed, looked at the distant sea level in a daze, and did not speak again.

In Penglai City, Ning Buqu set up a banquet in the naval camp to thank everyone, after some thanks, Ning Buqu picked up the wine glass and walked to Shi Luosheng and said: "Shi Taifu, I want to toast you alone, half a year ago you suggested that I come to Penglai to form a naval army, I didn't understand Taifu's intentions at the time, until today I didn't know that Taifu saw so far-reaching, this time if there is no water army, Jiang Huanyan landed in Penglai, and took Anyang directly, and now the consequences are unimaginable." ”

Shi Luosheng said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the Qi army would come so quickly, and I didn't expect that Commander Ning would be able to block the elite division of the Qi State several times your size with a naval army that had been formed for less than half a year. ”

Everyone present also echoed Shi Luosheng's words, everyone has been leading troops to fight outside all the year round, and they also know in their hearts that the key to winning the Qi army this time is still Ning Buqu. Able to tow a hundred warships of the Qi State with only thirty warships, although three battles and three defeats, but still retained half of the troops to defend Penglai Port, for the arrival of reinforcements to win precious time.

Ning Buqu walked towards Niu Qingyuan again and said: "General Niu, Unquend has served in the Ghost Shadow Gate before, this is the first time to lead the army, and I don't know anything about how to train the navy. The general is overseas all the year round, proficient in naval warfare, and will write to His Majesty later without yielding, and the general for the post of commander of the naval army is the most suitable candidate, and he is unwilling to be the deputy commander and auxiliary general. ”

Niu Qingyuan originally took his personal interests very seriously, and before deciding to participate in the war, he was thinking about how to get more benefits from Yan State, but now Ning Unyielding's words really moved him. Niu Qingyuan immediately turned over and knelt on the ground: "The general must not, the Dayan Water Army was formed by the general, so you should be the commander, and Niu is willing to be the general's deputy." ”

Ning Unyielding helped Niu Qingyuan and said: "General Niu, don't shirk, what I said is true, Unyielding is still young, experience and ability are far from enough, this time the Qi army has already hit the door, we don't have much time, we must train a strong naval army before the next time the Qi army comes, these can only be achieved by relying on the general." Unyielding hopes that the general will be stationed in Penglai for a long time after taking office until the naval army is trained. ”

Niu Qingyuan now understood Ning Unyielding's intentions, the reason why he wanted to give up the position of commander to himself was to let him stay in Penglai to train the navy, otherwise he could return to Shangchuan Island to garrison according to the agreement.

Niu Qingyuan, the commander of this naval army, naturally also has ideas, but he also knows that he has only returned to the Yan Kingdom after all, and if such an important position is handed over to himself, even if Emperor Yan can rest assured, there will be a lot of constraints at that time. Besides, who is Ning Buqu, who is the young master of the Ghost Shadow Gate, the nephew of the great general Ning Zeping, let him be his deputy, can he command him?

In addition, Ning Unyielding's identity is also there, and he will not always be in the position of commander of the navy, and he will definitely be transferred to the capital of the country in the future, and at that time, isn't it logical that the commander of the navy will be his deputy commander.

Thinking of this, Niu Qingyuan said: "Niu has just joined the imperial court, and he has not made an inch of merit, if the general insists on giving up the position of commander, I am afraid that the brothers below will not be convinced, so please don't mention this matter again." Niu was the general's deputy and stayed in Penglai to help the general train the navy together. ”

Huang Songsheng on the side looked funny, whether it was Shi Luosheng or Ning Buqu, they agreed to station themselves and Niu Qingyuan overseas at first, and later they both thought of ways to trick themselves back to China to train the navy.

Ning Buqu saw that Niu Qingyuan was willing to stay in Penglai, and the goal had been achieved, so he no longer insisted, and continued to beckon everyone to drink, and did not disperse until the second half of the night.