Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, they suddenly saw more than a dozen ships in the back row of the officers and soldiers suddenly swaying, and then slowly sinking downward, and the soldiers and generals above were all panicked and did not know what to do.

This is naturally the masterpiece of Zhang Shun, Xia Cheng and others, they quietly lurked under the other party's boat, and then used a hidden chisel to quietly knock out a few holes in the bottom of the boat, and then quickly left, and then changed to continue, so that the people on the boat were not aware at first, until after a while, the water slowly immersed in the hole and then the ship began to sink, and it sank in a batch.

The generals who reacted quickly hurriedly ordered their subordinates to poke their weapons indiscriminately under the water, but Zhang Shun Xia Cheng and the others who went into the water this time were extremely good at water, and they were like a fish in the water, but they seemed to be much more flexible than ordinary people on the shore, although the officers and soldiers were busy for a long time, only three or five small minions were stabbed, and Zhang Shun Xia Cheng and the others were all safe and sound.

The officers and soldiers were unable to do it, and the soldiers who knew how to fight water warfare were also forcibly ordered to go into the water to deal with those 'water ghosts', but not long after they went down, they saw blood floating up from the bottom of the water, and then their bodies also floated up one after another, apparently killed by Zhang Shun and Xia Cheng.

In the end, the officers and soldiers were forced to have no choice but to take bows and arrows to shoot indiscriminately below, which had some effect, Zhang Shun Xia Cheng and his men suffered dozens of casualties, and the rest of them did not dare to approach too closely, but in this way, most of the attention of the officers and soldiers of long-range firepower was attracted by the people underwater, and the pressure on the water village was much smaller, Ruan Xiaoqi saw it in his eyes, and immediately jumped to the other party's boat with a roar, picked up the sharp knife and slashed the officers on the ship into the water, and then concocted it in the same way, He jumped into the small boat next to him, and the rocking boat was difficult for others, but it was flat for him.

The leaders and soldiers of Dongting Lake behind him were naturally not far behind, and they rushed up to kill the enemy bravely, and in an instant, they overturned the officers and soldiers on the dozens of boats that rushed to the front, and then Ruan Xiaoqi quickly returned to their own formation with a greeting, so that the large troops who rushed behind were empty.

In this way, after half a day of fighting, the officers and soldiers lost more than 100 ships, large and small, most of the soldiers on it were either killed or drowned, only those who were lucky and had good water quality fled desperately, although Chen Chang was thunderous, but look at the sun began to slowly sink in the west, and then the fight was obviously more unfavorable to them, and they could only reluctantly order Mingjin to withdraw the troops, and the heroes of Dongting Lake were a big victory on this day.

However, in the evening, when they collected their troops and went back to eat and rest, there was a bad news from the rear, it turned out that Li Kai and Zhou Zhou secretly sent their subordinates to take advantage of the opportunity of patrol or defense to quietly destroy a lot of the part of the parapet fence under the water of their water village, although it is not visible on the surface, but after a day of fierce fighting today, many parapet walls have been destroyed, and this maintenance is very troublesome, without three or five days is impossible, Obviously, the officers and soldiers will not give them this opportunity.

After hearing the news, everyone fell silent all of a sudden, and the joy of the big victory was also diluted a lot, they were able to achieve such good results today, on the one hand, it was indeed their heroic and good fighting, especially Liangshan's Hua Rong, Ruan Xiaoqi, Zhang Shun and other generals have played a vital role, but on the other hand, they still rely on the cheapness of defense, the parapet wall of this water village helped them block many attacks from the other party, and the other party can only rely on the body to bear the blow, this difference is quite large, and now this parapet wall has destroyed a lot, In the next battle, their casualty rate will probably increase significantly.

And they together are only four or five thousand people, but there are tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, if the two sides are bloody, it will obviously be unfavorable to the side of the heroes of Dongting Lake.

Du Jia actually discovered this problem during the day - he was still looking at the overall situation while fighting, and at that time he saw that there were holes in the guardrails in many places, but the officers and soldiers were blinded by their fierce offensive, and they didn't have time to concentrate on attacking these places, but after all, the other party is not stupid, and not finding it today does not mean that they will not find it all the time, and they will deploy it in a targeted manner tonight.

At this time, seeing that everyone was not talking, he stood up and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, I have already thought about countermeasures for this matter, and now there are two ways, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, let's make a decision together." ”

Everyone was already quite frustrated, but when they heard that Du Jia actually had a way and that they were both overjoyed, they immediately pricked up their ears and sounded.

Du Jia said slowly: "The first way is that we take advantage of the great situation that they were forced to retreat more than ten miles after tonight's big victory, and all of us escaped by boat from the secret passage I found before, the advantage of this strategy is to minimize casualties, and when the officers and soldiers find out, we have already gone ashore, but the disadvantage is that the eight hundred miles of Dongting Lake can only be given to the officers and soldiers, and this is the best way to go." ”

Then he paused and said: "Another way is to retreat as a strategy, we first ambush all the gunpowder in our hands in this water village in advance, and then lure the large army of officers and soldiers over, and then light the gunpowder to give them great damage and deterrence, and then take the opportunity to drive them out of this Dongting Lake, so that we can recapture Dongting Lake in our hands, but someone must be willing to be a bait, and the weight must not be too light, otherwise the officers and soldiers may not take the bait." ”

Hearing Du Jia's words, everyone suddenly became lively, noisy and shouting, some people agreed with the former, saying that as long as the green mountains are left without worrying about no firewood, they will find a way to recapture Dongting Lake in the future, but some people agree with the latter, after all, many people here have been on this lake since they were born, and they have a very deep relationship with this place, and they would rather die than leave.

Du Jia didn't say anything about this, just quietly waited for the heroes of Dongting Lake to make their own decisions, this matter is really inconvenient to speak from his position, he can only put forward a plan, and the final decision can only be made by themselves.

At this time, I saw Zhong Xiang standing up with a smile, raised his hands to everyone, and signaled everyone to be quiet before he said aloud: "Brothers, listen to the old man's words, how to take Jia Shao Road has been selected for us, and the rest can only rely on ourselves, we should count the old man in this group of people, the oldest, today I will rely on the old man to sell the old once, make a decision for everyone, let's choose the second way, as for who stays, it is easy, since this decision is proposed by the old man, naturally the old man will take the lead in staying, I think my old bones still have a bit of weight on the side of the officers and soldiers, and it should be enough to attract them all, hehehe. ”

Revealing the truth

(End of chapter)