"The south side of the river! Doodoo ...... The south side of the river! Enemy attack! Just when it was already a little dark, the lookout post on the mast suddenly blew a small horn and shouted loudly at the herald on deck. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

“…… Listen to the comments too much, they treat me as Cao Cao, and then treat themselves as Zhou Yu! Hong Tao sat on the top of the cabin and had a good view, turned around at the shouting of the lookout post, and smiled. In the southern river, there was a shadow of sails, and dozens of dhows on the canal, piled with firewood and grass, were approaching their convoy along the river.

Fire Attack! Without thinking about it carefully, Hong Tao knew what the other party wanted to do with so many boats. In the narrow course of a canal, it is indeed a good idea to attack a large fleet of ships that are already tied up with fireboats full of firewood and grass. But there are certain prerequisites for Zhou Yu's success, and not everyone can set fire to the enemy's fleet. The key to the success of a fire attack lies in the smooth sailing of the water, not in whether the fleet is tied together, and cannot put the cart before the horse.

The drop in the North Canal is not very large, the final outlet is on the Yellow River, and the water flow is generally from north to south, plus it is winter, and the vast Hebei region is blowing northwest winds, so Hong Tao already knew that there would be no threat from the south before he decided to fix the fleet. There is no hope of winning with a person who runs the sea all year round, and judging the direction of the wind and water anytime and anywhere is no longer a skill but an instinct. Even when Hong Tao squats on the ground and, he will involuntarily measure the direction of the wind, and then try to squat on the upper hand of others.

If you want to engage in a fire attack in a state of countercurrent and headwind, the final outcome is to burn yourself. Hong Tao was also so bad that he didn't let his troops open fire, pretending not to find out. When the opposing ship slowly approached about a hundred meters, the artillerymen threw five or six incendiary bombs over.

"These are dead soldiers! Knowing that things cannot be done, it is not afraid of danger...... This kind of spirit is needed to fight a war, especially on the side that is inferior in equipment and numbers, and sometimes it can achieve unexpected results when used well. However, the timing they chose was obviously not right, and at this time it was equivalent to sending them to death in vain. Looking at the raging fire in the distance, and the boatmen who were struggling to hold on in the fire, Hong Tao shook his head. I don't know whether to praise their spirit, or remind the little captain around me to take this as a warning.

The fire attack ship never came close to Hong Tao's fleet, and when the firewood and grass on the ship were ignited by incendiary bombs, they ignited a raging fire, and attacked themselves without even a little smoke, except to illuminate the south few hundred meters of the river.

Seeing that the sky was about to lighten, the people who came to attack the convoy also planned to take advantage of the morning light to retreat, and at this time Hong Tao could already see in the telescope how many people had gathered on both sides of the canal, not ten thousand, but eight thousand. A third of them are dressed in uniform clothes, which should be regarded as the main soldiers, and the rest should be made up. But unlike those bandit gangs I met before, these people are very neat with weapons, swords, guns, shields, bows and arrows, and they are not a rabble at first glance.

"I made a small mistake...... I forgot to say a word to Bo Jiao. Watching these people gather while packing, Hong Tao knew that they were going to retreat, and they couldn't move the sneak attack at night, and even more so during the day. The commander of the opposing side should have sensed the gap between the two sides and did not intend to make unnecessary temptations.

"What did you forget to say?" The little captain is now about to become Hong Tao's adjutant, and he didn't leave Hong Tao's side much at night, and he didn't bother Hong Tao's broken mouth. He was new to Hong Tao, and he felt very fresh and attracted by what Hong Tao said. But it won't be long before he should know that the most powerful thing about this old emperor is not his brain, but his mouth.

"I forgot to tell him to keep more prisoners and kill less. These people are more or less trained and have experienced war, and if they are gathered and trained for about a year, they are qualified soldiers. Coupled with some of our low-level officers, the combat effectiveness will not be worse than that of the Great Song New Army. "This is really the difference between inside and outside, when Europe attacked Flanders and Hansea, so many brave European soldiers Hong Tao had no pity, and they chased people to kill, and they were happy to kill them all. But as soon as he returned to the Great Song Dynasty, as soon as he thought that these people would soon be attacked by the light cavalry led by Bo Jiao and Kong Pei, he began to regret it, as if it was distressing to die more.

"Mayor Bo and Minister Kong will kill them all!? This doesn't fit the way the Imperial Army fights, does it? The little captain didn't quite understand Hong Tao's concerns.

"At least there's nothing left of these thousands of people on the west side of the riverbank...... Guess who will be in command of the Imperial Army now? Let's make a bet, if it's your mayor who commands the troops, how about you apply for retirement and follow me when you get to your destination? If not, I'll give you five marines and I'll give you these two revolvers. As soon as Hong Tao heard the words of the little captain, the original frowning face was sunny again, he had forgotten who was dead and who was alive, and being able to bet on yin talent was the current fun.

“…… Before we came, Captain Lang gave us officers a week of training, and one of the rules was that you are not allowed to bet with you, otherwise you will be court-martial...... "The little captain shook his head like a rattle, and resolutely disagreed to bet with Hong Tao, and there was a very reasonable explanation.

"The people who hurt you the most are the people closest to you! Remember it, it's the truth! The expression on Hong Tao's face at this time was even more exciting, and his triangular eyes were about to stand up. If Langya dares to set foot on the land of the Great Song Dynasty in this life, he plans to let him have no return. If you don't think about people like this, you know it, and it's spread around, more than 500 times, and it's a great crime!

Hong Tao's guess was not bad at all, and it was Bo Jiao who led the team back to command the battle. The enemy, who had just left for less than half an hour, soon ran back, running willfully and indomitable, whizzing along the west bank of the canal towards the vast north, followed by more than a thousand Imperial light cavalry. The scene of more than 200 people shooting together These people had seen it last night, but they had just seen the scene of thousands of people shooting together, and then they could no longer raise the idea of resisting.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?" The first to return to the side of the fleet was Kong Pei, his face was not very good-looking, I don't know if he was tired from running back and forth all night, or who he quarreled with.

"If you look at me and I'm fine, then it's really okay, you quarreled with Bo Jiao?" Hong Tao was eating breakfast, pointed to the position opposite him, and motioned for Kong Pei to sit down.

"He's slaughtering your people! I can't persuade him, he is the main position, and I am the deputy position. Kong Peiren sat down, but didn't touch the food, and directly began to complain to Hong Tao.

"I don't even have a deputy position! This is your own business within the empire, and even if I want to, I can't manage it. You see, the battle has already been fought like this, I can't ride all over the battlefield to find him, right? If a stray bullet kills me, my son won't play with you!" Don't fuck those useless hearts, they deserve to die, not only these people deserve to die, but I won't let go of the people of the Daimyo Mansion, don't let them know what to be afraid of, and more people will have to die in the future. Hurry up and eat, we still have to be busy today, maybe we won't be able to eat hot lunch. ”

Hong Tao didn't condemn Bo Jiao's behavior, he did the right thing, he shouldn't be merciful when dealing with the enemy, no matter what the other party's purpose is, as long as it's the enemy, then don't think about it. As for whether these people are his own people and whether they should be open to the net, Hong Tao feels that this issue should be analyzed objectively and rationally. It doesn't mean that the same clan and the same clan are necessarily your own people, sometimes the most hateful and hurtful thing is the same clan and the same clan. Didn't you just say that it's often your own people who hurt you the most.

Bo Jiao was indeed vicious, he did not leave a team in the north at all, but brought all the troops to the south of the enemy, and then drove north along the canal like a duck, and more than a thousand cavalry acted as the ones who drove the ducks. The infantry in a state of rout, except for running to death and surrendering on their knees, never want to escape from the pursuit of the cavalry, and there is no blocking force in front, this is the rhythm of wanting to kill all the people, and they have no intention of taking prisoners at all, either to death or to exhaustion.

"Uncle, you shouldn't have ordered the pursuit to end. These people are taken prisoners, and not only do they have to eat up our food, but they also have to drain our energy, and we have to prevent them from escaping every minute. They are not like the people in the reserve camp, who came out to rob and kill people because they had not eaten or drunk. These people are full of food and drink, and they come out in an organized way to kill people and steal goods, and they are all habitual offenders, but they have to do it whenever they have the opportunity. "If it weren't for Hong Tao's continuous emptying of the land artillery on the shore, this chase would have lasted until noon. When Bo Jiao ran back sweating profusely and covered in mud, he was still complaining that his uncle's heart was too soft. As he wanted, he should have swept these people along the canal all the time, and not even the prisoners.

"Let them run, we're so good, we have to have someone to help spread the word. These people are frightened, and they have to preach for us wherever they go, and they have to add fuel and vinegar to it, otherwise it won't seem that they are too useless. I am not calling you back to stop you from fighting violence and peace, but to give you a more difficult task. These people must have come from the Daimyo's Mansion, so where is the culprit? Before they have time to run, you take the army to work hard again and capture them all. I will hand over my guards to you, and if you don't open the gates, you will blow them up with cannons, and whoever resists will be solved on the spot, and you will not be forgiven for scolding. Don't feel sorry for my people, they are not mine now, you go and help me screen and screen, people who really don't intend to go against the Great Song Dynasty can live, and the rest should never exist. "Hong Tao not only didn't stop Bo Jiao's massacre, but also provided him with a bigger killing field, the Daimyo's Mansion!

(To be continued.) )