Chapter Seventy-Four: Water Village Attack and Defense (I)

There are four arrow towers in the Black Mountain Water Village, which should have been guarded by archers, but the Muzhai and Liu Qiyi battled, and many archers died. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Chao Chong was unwilling to waste any more manpower, so he gave up the arrow tower, leaving only one soldier to watch and watch on it.

The 20 swordfish boats of the patrol battalion were waving the yellow flag of the patrol battalion, and the word "Xu" was big on them.

Xu Liang saw that the Heishan Water Village was really lax, so he ordered the two boats to open the gate of the Water Village first.

Ruan Xiaoqi only had forty people under him, and he had already received Chao Chong's order that he didn't need to be desperate to stop the officers and soldiers, just harass them.

But they could not resist so as not to become suspicious of the officers and soldiers.

Ruan Xiaoqi and his men took four small boats, and when they saw two swordfish warships rowing towards the Shuizhai Gate, they also led people to row over.

The gate of the water village is not actually a door, but a row of small boats locked together with iron chains to form a long strip eight zhang long, with a huge lock in the middle, and when the iron lock in the middle is loosened, it can be separated from the middle, allowing the boats to enter and exit.

Those official swordfish sailors and the soldiers led by Ruan Xiaoqi confronted each other across the water gate, and the swordfish sailors were generally equipped with a boat of twenty people, twelve people were equipped with swords and shields, and eight people were equipped with bows and arrows. Sword and shield guards, bow and arrow shooting.

When those swordfish sailors saw Ruan Xiaoqi leading the troops to guard the water gate, they exclaimed: "Prepare for war!" ”

Twenty men who had been rowing immediately let go of their oars, and twelve drew their shields from their backs, two of whom were half-kneeling in the bow of the boat, two half-kneeling in the position of the boat, and eight of them were on either side, half-kneeling and raising their shields to protect the archers in the middle.

And the eight archers calmly drew their bows and arrows, aiming at Ruan Xiaoqi and the others.

Ruan Xiaoqi scolded "bastard" and hurriedly ordered everyone to raise their shields for protection.

The people on the swordfish warship shouted: "Release! Eight arrows hit the boat of Ruan Xiaoqi and others, seven arrows were blocked by shields, one shot into the gap, and a Shuizhai soldier fell to the ground with a wail.

The sea was rough and rough, and the accuracy of the bow and arrow on the ship was very poor, so the archers on the ship generally fired directly within fifteen paces.

After shooting, the eight swordfish sailors continued to draw their bows, draw arrows, and aim, the whole process took five breaths, Ruan Xiaoqi just wanted to take the opportunity to attack the opponent's boat for hand-to-hand combat, another swordfish boat also arrived, and another burst of arrows came, Ruan Xiaoqi could only shout: "Raise the shield!" But two Shuizhai soldiers were still shot.

After resisting a burst of arrows from the other side, Ruan Xiaoqi also ordered the boat to start a counterattack, and they took out many night pots, both of which were sealed, and they were filled with lime.

With Ruan Xiaoqi's order, more than 20 night pots were thrown out from the four boats and smashed on the shields of the officers and soldiers, the night pots shattered, and the lime inside was scattered, which blinded the eyes of many officers and soldiers, and also blocked the sight of the archers.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ruan Xiaoqi took the lead, with a shield in his left hand and a dragon king in his right hand, jumped onto the boat at the water gate, and jumped into a knifefish boat, and pushed the shield down to two swordfish sailors, the eyes of the two swordfish sailors were blinded by lime, and they suddenly fell into the water, washed their eyes with water, and their eyes were even more painful. Flopping and struggling in the water.

Ruan Xiaoqi stabbed and killed another person, and those archers retreated in fright.

Ruan Xiaoqi's bravery boosted the morale of the soldiers in Shuizhai, remembering Chao Chong's promise that if he killed an officer and soldier, he would have twenty taels of silver, and they all crossed the gate of Shuizhai and jumped on the swordfish boat of the officers and soldiers to engage in hand-to-hand combat with them, and it was difficult to distinguish between them for a while.

Xu Liang saw that the gate of Shuizhai was blocked, and sent two swordfish warships to help in the battle. The gate of the village is narrow, and the boat cannot be opened if there are too many boats.

Ruan Xiaoqi casually killed another person, the short Dragon King Splitting Spike is especially suitable for group battles in a small space, in the interval between battles, he raised his eyes and found that there were officers and warships coming, he weighed it in his heart, and hurriedly shouted: "Retreat, retreat!" ”

After such a short period of fighting, eight or nine of the forty soldiers under Ruan Xiaoqi died, but more than ten swordfish sailors were killed. Ruan Xiaoqi beckoned everyone to retreat, and he was the last to jump back into the boat and flee to the water village.

Those swordfish sailors were killed and wounded more than a dozen, and their hearts were not calm, and they didn't dare to chase after them, they just shot with arrows, but there were wind and waves on the sea, and the boat was unstable.

Xu Liang saw the battle at the gate of the water village from a distance, and his confidence soared: "Ignorant thieves, but that's it!" ”

Liu Wu stood beside Xu Liang, looked at those swordfish sailors, and thought to himself: "The swordfish sailors are nothing more than that, if I had the same equipment and the same ships in my hands, I would have unified the entire Salmon Islands a long time ago and become the king of maritime merchants in this area!" It's a pity that the official and military equipment refuses to be sold lightly and can't be purchased! Speaking of which, the ordnance obtained from the Chao family's merchant ship is still sealed on the island, which is the foundation of my re-rise, but it can't be discovered and taken away by the government, I have to think of a way! ”

The swordfish sailor quickly opened the door of the water village, and Xu Liang gave an order, and all twenty swordfish boats entered the water village and rowed to the shore.

Ruan Xiaoqi led his men to flee to the shore, feeling aggrieved. Seeing that the officers and soldiers had entered the water village, he asked his subordinates to manipulate the two trebuchets on the shore and throw gravel at the officers and soldiers. These rubbles caused some casualties to the officers and soldiers, and also made Ruan Xiaoqi breathe a bad breath.

It's just a pity that it takes forty breaths for a trebuchet to launch at a time, and it takes fifteen people to operate a trebuchet. After three launches, the officers and soldiers were already close to the shore. The result of the battle was only the capsizing of a swordfish boat and the wounding of more than a dozen swordfish sailors.

Ruan Xiaoqi sighed, asked people to smash the oil tank on the trebuchet, and then set it on fire, and then quickly fled back to the wooden village with everyone.

Ruan Xiaoqi climbed the wall of the wall in frustration, and when he saw Chao Chong, he pleaded guilty and said: "General, I am really incompetent, and I have not caused any major damage to these officers and soldiers." ”

Chao Chong comforted him and said, "It's okay for you guys to be fine!" We have few people, the officers and soldiers are well-armed, and we cannot win a hard fight at sea. Only according to the wooden village, defend, and then counterattack! ”

Ruan Xiaoqi saw that the swordfish sailors of the government on the shore began to land, and the two trebuchets on the shore were burning in the fire, and he was a little puzzled: "General, those two trebuchets are big killing weapons, why don't they be transported into the village?" ”

Chao Chong was also carefully observing the movements of the official army's landing, and when he heard this, he just shook his head lightly and said: "A trebuchet needs nearly twenty people to operate, using twenty catties of gravel at a time, and firing forty breaths at a time. And it doesn't kill enemies very well. Our battle with the official army will be more focused on the battle for the wall, and this trebuchet is even more out of reach, so it is not a pity to burn it. ”

After explaining, Chao Chong said to Ruan Xiaoqi: "Rectify your team, count the number of people, report military merits, kill one person, reward twenty taels of silver, implement it immediately, get the money to find He Changyan, they are in the stone house." Then you lead the team to repair in the village for half an hour, and let all the soldiers put on iron armor and stand by. ”

Ruan Xiaoqi hugged his fists and led the order. Soon, those soldiers who killed the officers and soldiers received twenty taels of silver for white flowers, which made the others envious, and they were not so afraid of the siege of the official army.

Watching the official ships pass through the water village and land on the shore on the wall, Huang Xinjin said: "The enemy's strength is about 400, four times the number of us, and there are quite a lot of archers. ”

Chao Chong nodded and said, "Any suggestions?" ”

Huang Xin took out his mourning sword and pointed at it, and said: "Take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold on the shore, rush and kill for a while, break their sharpness, and boost the morale of our army!" Please allow your subordinates to charge with ten men! ”

Chao Chong groaned for a while, looked at the soldiers on the wall of the wall who were wearing iron armor, holding spears, and carrying waist knives, but looked uneasy, and said softly: "Are you sure to pick out ten people who dare to die from these people?" ”

Huang Xin also lowered his voice and said: "My subordinates started looking for candidates last night, and ten of them are quite bold, as long as the general promises heavy profits, they can make the trip!" ”

Chao Chong nodded and said, "Okay, I will allow you to fight with ten people!" Double the military merit for everyone! ”

Huang Xin shouted the order, then ordered ten people, encouraged a few words of morale, and after promising double military merits, he opened the gate of the village and rushed towards the officers and soldiers on the shore.

As soon as Xu Liang got off the boat, he heard a shout of killing, and when he raised his eyes, he saw eleven enemy soldiers in full armor rushing out of the wooden village, and the leader was eight feet tall, with a helmet and armor, holding a mourning sword, with his feet like the wind, and he took the lead.

The ten enemy soldiers behind him were also tightly wrapped in armor, holding bright steel knives, trotting slowly, but they also looked full of momentum.

It was underestimated by thieves! How unreasonable! Xu Liang, the commander of the patrol battalion, loudly ordered his swordfish sailors to meet the battle.

The sailors had just disembarked, and had not yet gained a foothold on the shore, and there were a handful of them in the east and a pile in the west, and some of the wounded ones had been carried ashore, and they were lying on the ground wailing, and it was very chaotic.

It was only more than fifty steps from the shore to the wooden village, Huang Xin ran to the front in seven or eight breaths, rushed to a team of swordfish sailors, jumped forward, pierced one person, and shouted: "Huang Xin, the sword of the mourning gate, is here, who dares to fight with me!" ”

An officer in leather armor brandished his waist knife and killed Huang Xindao: "Hugh is rampant, see me Dengzhou Li Qiang come to kill you!" ”

As a result, he couldn't get three hands and was beheaded by Huang Xinyi with a sword.

Huang Xin's characteristic is to "step through", and he has a natural suppressive force on people with a lower commander value than him, and he is majestic for a while, and no one dares to respond again. Huang Xin was not idle, swung his sword into the enemy group, and pierced another person.

The swordfish sailors hurriedly responded to the battle and surrounded Huang Xintuan. Huang Xin was not afraid, and reflexively killed back to the gate of the village, wanting to join the ten daredevils behind him.

Huang Xin's martial arts are strong, how can those swordfish sailors stop them, and they killed five people in a row, and finally joined up with ten daredevils.

Those ten daredevils usually belong to outlaws, and their martial arts are stronger than ordinary sailors, and today they wear iron armor and use forbidden steel swords, and one person fights against four or five swordfish sailors without falling behind. Soon everyone had a head or two.

Sailors generally do not wear heavy armor, because heavy armor sinks when it enters the water. Only the generals wore some light leather armor.

Therefore, those swordfish sailors suffered a lot when they encountered these daredevils wearing iron armor, and they were chased and beaten by the daredevils even though they had a lot of people.

Huang Xin saw that there were more and more officers and troops around, and hurriedly ordered a retreat. Huang Xin's purpose for this battle is very clear, that is, to give the officers and soldiers a dismount, and then take advantage of the reactions of the officers and soldiers, accept it when they see it, and withdraw it in time!

He was not so stupid as to think that ten of his people could defeat more than 400 officers and soldiers, and he was not Changshan Zhao Zilong, who could enter and exit seven in a million army.

Huang Xin slaughtered all directions with a mourning sword, no one was invincible, and led ten daredevils to retreat step by step.

Chao Chong boosted morale and said loudly: "Heroes are mighty!" Officers and soldiers are nothing more than that! ”

Under the leadership of Li Kui and their loud voices, the forty soldiers left behind on the wall also shouted:

"Heroes are mighty!"

"Heroes are mighty!"

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Those people on the wall of the wall saw Huang Xin and the officers and soldiers who dared to die to kill them turn on their backs, and so far they have not lost a single person, and they couldn't help but feel excited, it seems that this battle is very hopeful to win! Moreover, killing an officer and soldier for twenty taels of silver, the daredevils are all doubled, and now they are rich.

Although Huang Xin and the others were besieged by those swordfish sailors, they had a strong fighting spirit, and when they heard the shouts on the wall, they were even more shocked. Huang Xin shouted: "Kill back, everyone is a hero, and the general has prepared a lot of silver and is waiting." Kill back! ”

"Kill back!"

"Kill back!"

If I go back, I will have a lot of silver, and whoever dares to stop me will die!

Chao Chong was condescending, and saw that nearly a third of the swordfish sailors on the shore were going to surround Huang Xin and them, just like bees surrounding the hive, getting bigger and bigger.

Huang Xin: The pace of their retreat is getting slower and slower. If this continues, when Huang Xin's strength is exhausted, casualties will be inevitable.

Chao Chong said to Li Kui, Bao Xu, Zhou Tong, and Yu Bao: "The four of you went down, went straight to Huang Xin's back from the side, and saw the bearded man standing under the banner of the word "Xu"?" It's best if you can kill him, if you can't kill him, hear my signal and come back immediately! ”

Li Kui jumped off the wall excitedly, pulled out the board axe, looked up and said to Chao Chong: "Boss Chao, just look at it, I'll go and cut off that beard!" ”

Bao Xu also jumped down from the wall, caught up with Li Kui and said, "Sure enough, it's Brother Li!" That's how heroic things are! ”

After Zhou Tong and Yu Baosi saluted Chao Chong, in order to catch up with Li Kui, they had to jump off the wall and trot all the way.

Li Kui and the four of them did not go directly to rescue Huang Xin, but instead made a circle, went around their backs, and rushed towards Xu Liang, who was watching the battle on the shore.

Xu Liangzheng scolded angrily and mobilized his troops to besiege and kill Huang Xin, and suddenly rushed over from the side Four big men in iron armor, all of them were more than eight feet tall, and the most exaggerated thing was that the person who ran at the end was actually one zhang tall, holding two big shields, killing like an iron tower.

Xu Liang hurriedly drew his waist knife and asked people to guard him in front of him.

Even if Li Kui had iron armor to bear the weight, he ran the fastest, like a whirlwind, rushing past the two sailors, and the huge impact force knocked the two thin sailors more than a foot away.

Ten steps in front of Xu Liang, seeing more and more people surrounding the bearded man, Li Kui flicked the axe in his right hand, and a fatal flying axe went straight to Xu Liang.

Xu Liang caught a glimpse of a white light, subconsciously grabbed a sailor in front of him and blocked him, the sharp axe blade cut open the chest cavity of the sailor in front of him, and the huge impact force pushed Xu Liang behind him back five steps back, and fell into the water on his back.

Liu Wu, who was standing next to Xu Liang, broke out in a cold sweat, fortunately he was standing next to Xu Liang, not in front of him, otherwise he would be himself for the dead ghost!

Liu Wu looked back and saw that Xu Liang had fallen into the seawater, clutched his chest and struggled to stand up, and hurriedly ran over to help.

Xu Liang looked at Li Kui who had been killed, and then at the big axe stuck in the chest of the sailor in front of him, turned around and ran towards the crowded place, shouting: "Stop him!" Stop him! ”

Li Kui was quite annoyed, he didn't kill with one hit, and there was no such a good opportunity after that. He vented his anger on those swordfish sailors, and with a spin of his body, three sailors were cut down by the big axe. The rest of the sailors were frightened and retreated.

Li Kui found the right-handed axe he threw out, roared, like a tiger entering a flock, and the swordfish sailors who killed him scattered and fled.

Bao Xu, Zhou Tong, and Yu Baosi finally caught up with Li Kui, and the four of them killed Xu Liang together.

Xu Liang panicked, called for everyone to come to the rescue, and even the soldiers who besieged Huang Xin were called back.

Chao Chong saw that the pressure on Huang Xin's side was reduced on the wall, and said to the remaining forty soldiers on the wall: "The officers and soldiers have no leader, and they are divided into many places, and they are tired of coping, it is the time to receive General Huang Xin and the brave soldiers back to the village, everyone is lined up at the gate of the village, and I go out to fight with me!" ”

The people on the walled wall saw the excitement of killing on the shore, and they were also eager to try. Soon, Chao Chong led forty ironclad soldiers to gather outside the gate of the wall, and with an order, they rushed towards Huang Xin and them.

The more than 100 people who originally besieged Huang Xin were dispatched to rescue Xu Liang, and only more than 60 people remained, and in the face of the forty ironclad soldiers who rushed over led by Chao Chong, they quickly collapsed, shouting and retreating to the shore.

The ironclad soldiers couldn't catch up, and after Chao Chong rescued Huang Xin, he asked everyone to line up, and patted Huang Xin and a group of daredevils on the shoulders and said: "Everyone is hard, after returning to the village, you will be rewarded for your meritorious deeds!" Now retreat back to the village."

Huang Xin hurriedly arched his hand and said, "General, I can fight again!" Why don't you take the opportunity to drive the officers and soldiers into the sea! ”

Although the ten daredevils were all wounded, they were in high spirits and said, "I am willing to fight again!" ”

The forty ironclad soldiers who had just defeated the official army after leaving the village also asked for orders: "I am willing to fight!" ”

Chao Chong raised his hand to stop him and said, "Don't be impatient!" Sooner or later, these officers and soldiers are all your military merits, but they are not in a hurry to retreat! ”

Huang Xin had no choice but to order a retreat.

Chao Chong also ordered someone to knock on the big iron pot, and the crisp sound resounded all over the shore, representing Mingjin's withdrawal of troops.

Li Kui, who was killing happily, heard the sound of Mingjin, so he had to greet Bao Xu, Zhou Tong, and Yu Baosi, and reflexively killed in the direction of Muzhai. The four of them were already fierce, and then put on the iron armor, just like four bulldozers, facing layers of officers and soldiers, they advanced strongly, and their steps slowly but firmly approached the gate of the village.

After Huang Xin and the soldiers entered the village, they were just about to close the gate of the village, but Chao Chong raised his hand to stop it: "No need, the gate of the village is the retreat of the iron bull, and it must be opened!" And I will stand at the door and make sure that the gate is safe! ”

Ruan Xiaoqi, who had been repairing in the wooden village, came over and said, "General, why don't you let me and my soldiers go to pick up Tie Niu and them?" ”

Chao Chong shook his head and said, "No need! In the melee, they couldn't shoot arrows, and these sailors alone couldn't stop them. Your task is to fix it for a while, and nothing else! ”

Ruan Xiaoqi had no choice but to let the soldiers go back to continue repairing, but he took out the Dragon King's water thorn, played with it in his hand, and said: "I'm bored sitting anyway, let's guard the gate with the general!" By the way, take a look at the embarrassed appearance of the iron bull when he escaped. ”

Huang Xin also stood behind Chao Chong with the mourning sword and said, "Me too." ”

Chao Chong looked at them, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Brothers work together, and their profits are golden." With you by your side, the officers and soldiers outside the city are not worried! ”

Soon, Li Kui and the four of them broke out of the encirclement and rushed wildly, and saw Chao Chong standing at the gate of the village, shouting as he ran: "Boss Chao be careful, these officers and soldiers release arrows!" ”

Welcome Li Kui and the four into the village. Chao Chong asked Ruan Xiaoqi and Huang Xin to also enter the village, and he moved forward with a knife and a knife.

Backed by the wall, Chao Chong was the most physically energetic time, Baipi knife swept through the official army, killed more than 30 people one after another, and left a bloody place at the walled gate, until the officers and soldiers shirked each other, and no longer dared to step forward, Chao Chong returned to the wooden village with a long knife and closed the walled gate.

Seeing that the leader was so brave, the soldiers on the walled wall no longer had any fear of the officers and soldiers, and they had a little more confidence in the victory of this battle.