The fire made half of the sky red, in front of it, the sun was also eclipsed, more and more fireboats, piled together, the huge weight made the Tang soldiers can no longer support it, although the bamboo pole is constantly immersed in the water, but the fire is too big, the bamboo pole is also ignited, and gradually burns short. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Lian frowned, while looking at the fireships that were getting closer and closer, while commanding the soldiers, the Tang army battleships were concentrated in the center, which in Shao Keqian's opinion, Yang Lian was killing himself. Battleships are concentrated, on the contrary, it is easier to be ignited by fire.

Shao Keqian led the sailors and approached the Tang warship, and between the two sides was a burning fireboat.

In the fire, Yang Lian approached the side of the ship and watched the fire, at this time, the Tang warships had been connected end to end, the soldiers quickly took out the planks and put them on the side of the ship, and the Tang soldiers moved the sacks from the cabin and moved from this ship to that ship. The sack relay race was launched in an instant, and the Tang soldiers stepped on the battleship and swayed up and down.

All of a sudden, countless sacks were thrown down, stirring up countless waves, the sacks fell into the water, and quickly sank, a group of soldiers finished throwing the sacks, and another group of soldiers quickly made up for it, so that in just a moment, the sacks were quickly piled up, the Qiantang River was cut off from it, and the river rushed down from both sides, although there were some lit firewood down the river, but there was almost no harm.

Yang Lian calmly glanced upstream, then at the shore, walked quickly to the side of the flag bearer, and said a few words in a loud voice. The flag bearer waved the military flag. In the distance, on the shore, more than 300 Tang troops hid in the reeds and quickly rushed upstream.

At the same time, the Tang army downstream was burning the iron chains, they tore off the cloth, poured fire oil, the cloth burned, the fire was fierce, the iron chain was soon burned red, and the soldiers poured seawater on the red-hot iron chain, the iron chain made a sizzling sound, and was slashed by the Tang soldiers with knives, and the iron chain was finally cut off.

With a way, things were much easier, and the Tang warships gradually moved downstream.

Shao Keqian couldn't help frowning when he saw Yang Lian using the sack to block the approach of the fireboat, he didn't expect that Tang Jun would have so many sacks?

"Commander Shao, the Tang army seems to be very cunning." Wu Cheng said, he couldn't help wiping the sweat on his forehead, now it seems that Tang Jun is too cunning and seems to be difficult to deal with.

After the Tang army put in a large number of sacks, it greatly hindered the water potential, the river gradually rose, Yang Lian did not stop putting in the sacks, the truncated river became wider and wider, the river became more and more turbulent and turbulent, and the Tang warships gradually dispersed and continued to throw in sacks.

"Yang Lian, what are you going to do?" Wu Cheng said suspiciously.

Shao Keqian felt that something was wrong, his carefully prepared strategy suddenly became useless, and even one of the Tang Army's warships was not burned, how could he be embarrassed? But although he knew that it was not good, Shao Keqian couldn't think of any conspiracy Yang Lian could have.

The sack blocked the fire boat, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, the firewood had been completely burned, and Yang Lian could still feel the heat wave rolling in on the deck. An hour and a half later, the fireboat was completely blocked, and the river level was raised by two feet, and by this time only the last section of the iron chain of the Tang army had not been burned.

At the head of Qianjiang County, Qian Hongyu received the news, and he wanted to lose the strength of his whole body, so he couldn't help but sit on the ground, Shao Keqian's method is not bad, but who would have thought that Tang Jun actually had so many sacks? Could it be that Yang Lian already knew that Shao Keqian was going to use fire attack? If so, Yang Lian is terrible. He has no last resort, how can such an enemy win?

Yang Lian didn't know that he already had such an impression in Qian Hongyu's mind, and for him, he needed to wait.

After more than 300 soldiers of the Tang Army sneaked into the shore, they walked briskly along the Qiantang River, they all held a clay pot, and along the way, they met a few Wu Yue soldiers, as long as they did not come to find trouble, they would ignore him.

Three hundred Tang soldiers rushed all the way, when they walked three miles, suddenly, an army rushed out of the slope, the number was about five hundred, the Tang soldiers were taken aback, at this time, someone came to play the flag, it turned out to be Zhang Wenjibu, he got the news, said that the two armies were fighting on the Qiantang River, so he ordered five hundred people to kill, watch the battle.

There were more than 30 cavalrymen under Zhang Wenji's command, and after some conversation between the two sides, the cavalry took the clay pot and quickly rushed upstream. When they reached the edge of the tidal flat, the soldiers carefully dismounted, cut down the trees, put the branches and leaves on the tidal flat, and after a thick layer, one soldier tried to step on it, and did not sink into the mud at all.

The soldiers cautiously walked to the shore, uncovered the mud of the clay pots, poured out the oil contained in them, and soon the river was covered with oil and oil, and after pouring out all the oil in the clay pots, they sprinkled dry branches on the surface of the river, and several Tang soldiers lit torches.

The torches illuminated the young faces of the soldiers, and one soldier said curiously, "Can this be lit?" ”

"If the festival envoy says yes, that's okay." A veteran who had followed Yang Lian for many years said, throwing the torch into the water.

A large number of dead branches prevented the torches from sinking, the dead branches were ignited, and the oil floating on the river surface was also ignited, and the fire spread at a speed that could be seen by the naked eye.

The excited Tang army threw in more torches, and even searched for a lot of branches to throw into the water, and Zhang Wenji even ordered the cavalry to go two miles away to cut down trees and throw them into the water.

The fire quickly spread downstream, and at this time, Shao Keqian was thinking about how to eliminate Yang Lian, because he found that the Tang warships began to move downstream, which meant that the Tang army had broken the iron chains, and his plan was about to fall through, this news obviously disappointed him.

Disappointment is disappointment, how to win, Shao Keqian still has to think carefully, he wants to destroy the enemy as much as possible before the Tang army cuts the iron chain, but the fireship stops his progress, even if he uses a bow and arrow to shoot, the lethality is not great.

Just as he was thinking, suddenly, the May soldiers in the rear shouted loudly, and a moment later, the standard-bearer rushed to say: "Commander Shao, the river suddenly changed color. ”

"Changed color?" Shao Keqian was strange, rushed to the side of the boat to take a look, and sure enough, I don't know when, the river changed color, what is this? Like, it's fire oil?! Shao Keqian looked at it carefully, and his heart was even more certain.

Suddenly, Shao Keqian's forehead was dripping with big drops of sweat, he realized something, hurriedly stood up, and shouted: "Dock, dock!"

The soldiers around him have not yet reacted, Wu Yuebing upstream has already blown up the pot and screamed to death, the fire oil spread on the river, the raging fire is more vigorous than the fire ship, and the fire oil is not like the fire ship to use bamboo poles and other things to block, the fire oil entangled the battleship, and soon ignited the battleship.

The battleship was set on fire, and this is worth it? Wu Yuebing shouted, and the helmsman hurriedly rushed downstream, so that the formation of Wu Yuejun was suddenly disrupted, and the more chaotic Wu Yuejun's became, the more difficult it was to escape, not to mention that at this time, there was a fire in the upstream, and there were sacks blocking the river downstream, and Wu Yuejun fell into a dilemma.

Shao Keqian's main ship leaned towards the shore, and the fire was still some distance away from him at this time, and he had to take advantage of this time to escape, otherwise everyone would be killed in the fire. The main ship finally landed on the shore, and the sampan had not yet been lowered, and the soldiers scrambled to jump into the Qiantang River and swam towards the shore with all their might.

Shao Keqian glanced at it, and was about to speak, when he found that Wu Cheng couldn't wait to jump into the Qiantang River, paddling with both hands, and his skills were even faster than the young man. Shao Keqian smiled bitterly, with the help of his own soldiers, took off his armor, quickly jumped into the river, swam hard, and finally climbed ashore, the fire had spread, almost in an instant, the fire surrounded the main ship, and under the burning of the fire, the main ship was quickly ignited and collapsed.

On the shore, Shao Keqian gasped for breath, the change in this battle was too fast, he originally thought that he would win, but the peak turned around, and Tang Jun didn't know where to get so much oil.

Wu Cheng fell to the side, his face was gloomy, he was a little older, he swam desperately in the water for half a sound, his physical strength was exhausted, he couldn't speak, he gasped for half a sound, Wu Cheng smiled bitterly, and said dejectedly: "This time, it's really a big loss." ”

Shao Keqian was speechless, in this battle, the Wu Yue Army suffered heavy losses, even if most of the soldiers escaped, but these ships were burned. It is not easy to build a ship, and it will take seven or eight months at the earliest to build a battleship. But now, how could the Tang Army give him time to build battleships?

Shao Keqian looked into the distance, in the Qiantang River, the soldiers who didn't have time to escape looked around blankly on the battleship, like ants on a hot pot, and didn't know what to do, jumping into the river? At this time, it was no longer possible, the flames engulfed the ships, and also engulfed the soldiers of the Wu Yue army.

Shao Keqian seemed to hear the terrible screams of the robe, and they were asking themselves, why did this happen? Why? Why?

Shao Keqian suddenly stood up and staggered in the direction of the Tang battleship, the Tang battleship had withdrawn, the sack could block the fireship, but it could not block the fire, after burning all the iron chains, the Tang battleship sped up and left this sea of fire.

The river was swelling, and the fire was spreading downstream, but there was no longer any threat to the Tang warships.

Shao Keqian opened his mouth wide, laughed, his voice was extremely hideous, and suddenly, he ran towards the Qiantang River. Wu Cheng reacted very quickly, pounced on the spot, grabbed Shao Keqian's legs, Shao Keqian fell to the ground, and he grinned in pain.

"Commander Shao, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and now that the sailor is newly defeated, it needs talents like generals to regain their strength, and Wu Yueguo has hope." Wu Cheng shouted, his voice a little hoarse.

Shao Keqian's eyes were scattered, and when he heard Wu Cheng's words, his eyes slowly condensed, yes, the country is employing people, and he is relieved when he dies, but when will the shame of defeat be washed away? Shao Keqian slowly stood up, and looked at Jiang Mian with hatred, I must avenge this revenge, Yang Lian, you wait, one day, I will wash away the shame on my body with victory! (To be continued.) )