Since Zhu Qi asked for battle, Yang Lian also agreed, Hangzhou Water Village was heavily defended, and the Tang Army had attacked several times, but it had not been captured, but at this time, there were not many Wu Yue army warships in Hangzhou Water Village, and it was time to capture. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Lian watched Zhu Qi leave, Zhu Qi was a child of a poor family, and then followed Yang Lian for a long time, and gradually exercised, and now he is the commander of the Haizhou Naval Army, not to mention one step to the sky, it is also a great achievement. This time, the Tang Dynasty sent troops, and nine times out of ten it would take Wu Yueguo, and it was impossible for Yang Lian to enjoy the great credit alone. Many ministers and generals will have to share this credit.

Zhu Qi first followed Fang Jinzhao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, but Fang Jinzhao's ability to lead troops was limited, so Zhu Qi did not make great contributions, so Yang Lian had to get enough credit for him to win high-ranking officials. Zhu Qi left the main ship and led ten warships to approach Hangzhou Shuizhai.

In the Hangzhou Water Village, Wu Yuejun stood on the sentry tower, looking very vigilant, and the Tang warships approached, bringing bursts of murderous aura, which was enough to move people. These Wu Yue soldiers knew the strength of the Tang army, and they filled the river with sharp wooden stakes in advance, which made Zhu Qi's progress not fast, and he had to pull out these wooden stakes before he could enter the army.

However, the river here is already relatively narrow, and Zhu Qi began to use catapults to attack Hangzhou Water Village, but with little success. It took some time for the Tang army to throw stones and pull out sharp wooden stakes.

At noon, the battle became more and more intense, Lin Renzhao pursued all the way, and Wu Yue's army stopped counterattacking from time to time, and after losing one or two warships, he continued to flee west.

"That doesn't seem good." Yang Lian received the news and felt that Wu Yuejun's actions were somewhat abnormal, whether it was a land battle or a water battle, it was common sense to concentrate superior forces to annihilate the enemy. Now the number of Wu Yueguo's warships is slightly inferior, and it stands to reason that they should not fight and leave, and if they disperse their forces, they will only lose faster.

Could it be that Wu Yue's army had an ambush upstream? Yang Lian thought about it, sent troops to inform Zhu Qi, and led the main force of the water division to march west along the Qiantang River.

Yang Lian traveled five miles, the river became narrower and narrower, and the tidal flats were more and more, and the lookout could see Lin Renzhao's warship from a distance, which was pursuing Wu Yue's army. Yang Lian asked Lin Renzhao to stop pursuing, if Zhu Qi captured the Hangzhou Navy Battalion, the Tang Army's Navy Division could be directly stationed in it and threaten Wu Yue's army at any time.

When the news passed, Lin Renzhao got the news and hesitated for a moment, along the way, he had already destroyed four warships of Wu Yuejun's army, and he was killing him. Lin Renzhao narrowed his eyes and looked ahead, thought about it, and decided to withdraw his troops.

However, at this moment, the Wu Yue warships suddenly stopped, their bows moved quickly, and they all turned around.

"Boom!" With a sound, Wu Yuejun beat the big drum, and the drum rumbled, breaking the sky. Subsequently, the Wu and Yue warships separated from both sides and made way out. After the middle road was cleared, three strange warships appeared, the front of these search battleships was very empty, and they were piled with dry firewood.

Shao Keqian stood on the deck, his eyes were blazing, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he had been preparing for this day for a long time. This section of the Qiantang River is much narrower than the estuary, and if it is attacked by fire, it is not easy for the Tang army to dodge.

Shao Keqian made people ignite the firewood, because the firewood was added with grease and a large amount of hay was ignited, and for a long time, the sky-high fire ignited, illuminating the sky and reflecting Shao Keqian's sneering face.

"Put!" Shao Keqian ordered.

Several lit battleships went down the river with a blazing fire.

When Wu Cheng saw it, he was immediately overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Commander Shao has a good plan in his chest, and the old man admires it." ”

Shao Keqian laughed and said, "Wu Shangshu, look at it again!" Saying that, Shao Keqian waved his hand and nodded to the flag bearer, who quickly danced the flag, and for a while, along the Qiantang River, the flag sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

The flags danced against each other, one after the other, and the news was carried downstream.

"Brothers, it's time to do it!" Wu Yuebing, who was hidden in the reeds, rushed out, they struggled to prop up the boat, shuttled in the reeds, and when they reached a place, several Wu Yuebing took off their clothes, jumped into the water, and after taking a deep breath, they dived into the depths of the river.

After a while, the soldiers of Wu Yuejun came up with a heavy iron chain in their hands.

"Pull it up!" A Wu Yue soldier was overjoyed.

"Brothers, don't relax, the general has already lit a fire, hurry up and pull up the iron chains!" An older soldier said.

"Howler!" The soldiers agreed, and they all tightened their chains, and the two soldiers rowed the boat with all their might, and leaned towards the shore.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Wu Yuejun mustered up all his strength, the main ship straightened the iron chain, on the shore, Wu Yuejun had already buried an iron pillar, and now pull the iron chain down to the shore, fasten it, and straighten it a little bit, so that the iron chain will surface.

When Wu Yuebing on the south bank was busy, Wu Yuebing on the north bank was also busy, and soon, seven or eight iron chains were pulled up and blocked downstream. These iron chains are separated by more than a dozen paces, even if Tang Jun breaks one, there are other roots, for a while, Tang Jun will not be able to escape.

Seeing the skyrocketing fire, Lin Renzhao's face changed, he hurriedly ordered, the boat turned around, and rushed downstream. Behind him, the flames were chasing after him, and the faces of many soldiers were red.

Yang Lian stood in the distance, and also saw this fire, and his heart suddenly sank, Wu Yuejun really had a trick, they used fire tricks! Yang Lian squinted his eyes and thought about it, walked quickly to the side of the flag bearer, asked him to wave the flag, and the battleship behind began to retreat.

As for Yang Lian, he asked the main ship to turn sideways and let the other warships go first. Yang Lian's calm and calm command made the three armies gradually calm down, and they began to retreat in an orderly manner.

"Yang Jiedu, they all left." The pro-soldier said.

Yang Lian nodded, and the order went down, and the soldiers all went to the cabin, took out the long bamboo poles, and put the bamboo poles on the iron cylinders, which were about seven or eight inches long, and the size was about the same as the bamboo poles. It was wrapped in a damp cloth on the cylinder, and then it was put on the bamboo pole.

All the Tang soldiers had bamboo poles in their hands and stood on the deck waiting. Lin Renzhao's battleship was very fast, and it soon arrived at Yang Lian's side. Yang Lian asked people to play flags and let them go first.

The battleships all retreated, and when Lin Renzhao passed by, he stopped.

"You go first!" The main ship issued a flag.

Lin Renzhao thought about it, and while retreating, he told Yang Lian that Wu Yuejun was in the rear.

Yang Lian said that he understood that after Lin Renzhao retreated, he also chose to retreat. Wu Yuejun was closely chasing after him, and the situation changed all of a sudden, just now the Tang army pursued Wu Yuejun, and now Wu Yuejun launched a counterattack.

"Kill, don't leave a single one!" Shao Keqian gritted his teeth and said, these days, he has always felt very aggrieved, and now that he has a good opportunity, how can he not vent well?

"Whoa!" The soldiers of Wu and Yue shouted in unison, and everyone was happy.

"The Tang army will be defeated!" Shao Keqian remembered the Battle of Chibi in history, when Mei Zhoulang relied on fire attack to defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop, and now he also uses fire attack to defeat the Tang Army's naval division in one fell swoop. Shao Keqian knew that Yang Lian, the most elite sailor of the Tang Army, was here, and as long as Yang Lian was defeated, the other sailors of the Tang Army would not be opponents.

If Yang Lian can even be captured in this battle, it is very likely that the war in the entire Wu Yue Kingdom will be reversed, and the few Tang troops in Yuezhou, Mingzhou, Zhoushan and other places will collapse, and Wu Yue will be able to recover a large amount of territory.

Wu Cheng smiled as if he had picked up gold, and kept praising Shao Keqian, saying that he would definitely ask for credit for Shao Keqian in this battle.

When the two armies were fighting fiercely, Qian Hongyu, who was far away in Hangzhou, was very nervous, he knew that the battle of the sailor was related to the safety of Wu Yueguo, and he hoped that Shao Keqian could win this battle. When Shao Keqian and Lin Renzhao were fighting fiercely on the Qiantang River, the scouts kept shuttling around Hangzhou City and told Qian Hongyu the news.

When he heard that Shao Keqian was retreating all the way west, Qian Hongyu couldn't help but clench his fists, he knew that the Tang army was powerful, but why was Shao Keqian so vulnerable? Qian Hongyu felt that he was in a very bad mood, and if the sailor was defeated, the consequences would be really unimaginable.

After so many years in Wu Yueguo, the good generals of the year have passed away one by one, and there are not many generals left who can lead the troops. In the past, Wu Yueguo was able to fight against the Tang Dynasty because Li Jing liked to use literati to lead troops, and those Chen Jue, Feng Yansi, Cha Wenhui and others were not strong in leading troops, so Wu Yueguo's victory rate against the Tang Dynasty was quite high in the past.

However, Yang Lian's birth made the Qian family a headache, since Yang Lian appeared, the war in Changzhou has him, the war in Fuzhou has him, and now there is still him. Qian Hongyu clearly remembered that when Wu Yue sent someone to kidnap the daughter of King Qi, he was saved by this damn Yang Lian.

Qian Hongyu thought for a while, and was very anxious, so he rushed to Qianjiang County with his soldiers. Halfway through, he got news that Shao Keqian had begun a counterattack. Qian Hongyu sped up, and when he arrived at the city, Shao Keqian was chasing Yang Lian with his handsome soldiers.

For Yang Lian's main ship, Shao Keqian has a special interest, capture the thief and capture the king first, this is common sense, if Yang Lian is captured, the war will basically be over, not to mention that he has already arranged, and made several iron chains downstream, the Tang army is firmly blocked, and there is no way to escape, as long as the fire goes downstream, all the warships of the Tang army will be burned to ashes.

In order to put pressure on the Tang army, Shao Keqian kept pushing out the fireboats, and the fireboats went down the river, some of them were close to the reeds, and the reeds were all set on fire, and the smoke rose to the sky, even Zhou Zong, who was stationed in the north of Hangzhou, saw it.

Zhou Zong knew that Yang Lian would attack in the near future, and the fierce battle on the Qiantang River could not hide from his ears and eyes, for Yang Lian, Zhou Zong's mentality was complicated, he knew that it was difficult for him to take Hangzhou independently, so he hoped that Yang Lian could win, so that he could share part of the pressure; On the other hand, he hoped that Yang Lian would fail and be captured by Wu Yueguo, so that he would not have to worry about many things. The worst thing is that Yang Lian was defeated, and His Majesty gradually lost trust in him, which is also okay.

The Zhou Sect sent people to investigate the situation, and the battle situation of the water master would change his decision.

The speed of the Tang warship was relatively fast, and after retreating more than three miles, Yang Lian found that something was wrong, the speed of the Tang warship was getting slower and slower, could it be that Wu Yueguo's hidden sailors attacked and blocked the way to retreat? When Yang Lian was thinking, the standard-bearer brought the news back.

The Tang army locked the river downstream and blocked the road. The battleship was crowded together, Zhu Qi also saw it, and gradually retreated, at this time, he had already dismantled half of the sharp wooden stakes, and under the continuous projectile of the catapult, the gate of the water village was partially demolished, but it was not enough to attack the water village.

Zhu Qi looked at the gate of Hangzhou Water Village and sighed, did he also want to retreat?

Although the speed of the fireboat was a little slow, as Shao Keqian continued to light the fireboat, the river had become a sea of fire, and a large number of reeds were ignited, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger. Yang Lian's face was also red, he stood by the side of the boat, commanding the soldiers to step forward, and the soldiers stretched out the bamboo poles and opened the boat.

Wu Yuejun's fireboat was so big and heavy that it could not be supported by bamboo poles alone, and as the fireboat approached, the soldiers felt hotter and hotter, and their foreheads were sweating profusely.

"That's amazing." Yang Lian smiled, the solemnity on his face became stronger and stronger, the entire river surface was covered by the fire, and his eyes were red.

Yang Lian took a closer look and snorted coldly, at this time, the main ship was not far from the Hangzhou Water Village, so Yang Lian ordered to run towards the Hangzhou Water Village.

The iron rope is next to it, the Tang soldiers are struggling to cut the iron cable, but Shao Keqian's preparation is very sufficient, the iron cable is very thick and strong, the soldiers raised their knives and cut half a sound, except for leaving white spots of different shades on the iron cable, it has no effect at all.

Many Tang troops broke out in a cold sweat, if the battleships were all set on fire, what should they do?

The space of the Tang Army's battleship was constantly compressed, and the situation became more and more dangerous, Wu Cheng and Shao Keqian glanced at each other, and the corners of their mouths were slightly upturned.

"Commander Shao, the Tang army has reached the end of the road, in the old man's opinion, continue to attack and burn these hateful Tang people." Wu Cheng said.

Shao Keqian nodded, he could already imagine in his mind the appearance of the Tang army soldiers struggling in the fire, he couldn't help grinning, pointed ahead, and said: "Wu Shangshu, this battle will definitely make the Tang army frightened, and they will never dare to invade Wu Yue in the future!" ”

"Haha!" Wu Cheng couldn't help laughing when he saw that his advantage was determined.

The Tang warships closest to the fire all took out bamboo poles and desperately resisted the fireboat, preventing it from approaching. The fire engulfed the bamboo poles, and the soldiers put them into the river, soaked them, and brought them up again, continuing to block the fire.

Yang Lian observed carefully, and suddenly, he smiled, since it can't be blocked, it is better to let the fireboat go downstream, he immediately issued an order, the battleships are concentrated in the middle, set a fire, and burn all the reeds on the shore first.

"Tang Jun is killing himself!" Shao Keqian said that in his opinion, isn't it self-defeating for the Tang Army to set fire to the reeds on both sides of the strait? He laughed, since Tang Jun wanted to light the fire, then he might as well help again. Continuing to give orders, Wu Yuejun pushed out the remaining dozen boats full of firewood, set them on fire, and continued to let them go downstream. (To be continued.) )