And among the mountains on the other side of the Xiaoqing River, a hidden small? In the valley, there are many people who are resting.

It's just that most of them have incomplete banners, armor, and armaments, and all of them are more or less wounded or covered with blood and mud, and they are very decadent and tired.

The wounded were wrapped in rags of unknown origin, and sat in groups of almost motionless in front of the fire, like groups of silent sculptures.

It was only in the middle of them, in the few equally rudimentary tents, that the sound of moaning came out.

And in the few temporary dwellings and buildings against the mountain wall, a group of people are looking at the map at a loss, and they are building according to sections, and slowly expanding and extending the thickened defense line mark, all kinds of troubles and entanglements.

"How could it be their ......?"

"Is it really just that there is no way to do it......

"You can't sit back and watch it happen......"

"How could I not know......"

"But what's the ......?"

Because, although the location of this temporary zigzag wall is not optimal, it is just stuck on the key point at hand.

The northeastern end of the wall is not a tall but steep hill of its own, and the southeast is directly on the mudflats washed by saltwater marshes and tidal waves.

Although these places are not completely impassable, they are a kind of huge obstacle and disaster for the transportation of people and materials on a large scale.

Although there are other passages, they are all discovered by mountain hunters, and the rugged trails and hunting trails that are difficult to navigate are really time-consuming and laborious to climb and penetrate a very small number of people and materials in the past, and it is useless for the whole situation.

Therefore, once it is completed and the subsequent construction of the barracks is completed, it means that the Kaiyi City of the Xue family, which is besieged at the southwest foot of the Yiwulu Mountain Range, will be completely cut off from the coastal plain of the long Huaixi Corridor.

Whether it is the population and resources that still belong to the Xue family, or the reinforcements from the Hebei provinces, they can no longer be used by the Xue family for a long time.

This is also a major setback and concern for the overall planning of the adult behind the scenes. In accordance with established guidelines and strategies. At the very least, it is necessary to ensure that in the event that the Northern Dynasties are unable to advance through Andong, there is a need to maintain sufficient local balance of power and tug-of-war, rather than allowing one side to dominate.

Let the Luo clan defeat the Xue family's basic plate in one go, and with the general trend and reputation of integrating the princes of Anton, it is of course the worst situation.

However, if the Xue clan is allowed to grow rapidly in the successive failures of the Luo Domain and give birth to a dissenting intention to regain self-reliance, it is also a bad situation that cannot be tolerated.

This time, the Xue clan took the initiative to seek reconciliation with Luo Fan's solitary movement and rebound, which was an anomaly spawned by the drastic growth and decline of the control and deterrence of the national dynasty.

It's a pity that it has always been difficult for the Xue family to maintain a monolith, and there are also interests related to the Northern Dynasty.

Therefore, there is this situation, which is based on the internal contradictions of the Xue family, and at the same time seriously weakens and splits the two families A series of plans and plots are used as emergency and remedial measures.

In fact, as an important channel for the previous Northern Dynasties to march and crusade against the princes of Andong, their infiltration and operation in the part of the Liaoxi Corridor to which the Xue clan belonged was also unimaginable to most people.

Because of this, they were able to quickly advance through these areas that belonged to the Xue clan without hindrance after receiving an urgent report from within the Xue clan.

In addition, with a limited number of lonely remnants of the army, the vassals of the Xue family, vassals, and acting officials in these places were temporarily unified and deployed together.

It's just that things have developed to this point, but they have long been out of the control and expectations of most people.

Thinking of some of these people, I couldn't help but grit my teeth with great anger and headaches, and I remembered the Huaidong Army that had interfered in the recent troubles.

At this time, a news from outside made them reinvigorate.

Because new reinforcements were about to arrive, although they did not catch up with the rout of the Xue clan, they finally rushed over when their troops were insufficient. They can't help but have new expectations and ideas.

"This time, it was my Fan Yang's father and elder who did not hesitate to wither the door of the family to gather the tens of thousands of children who were armed,"

People have some solemn ways.

"Rest assured...... This is more than that......"

"Just ......"

He paused again, his face sank, and said to everyone present

"The men and horses that were easily transferred from the Yanbian forts and military villages in the towns before were all lost like this?"

"After all, they met the 'invincible'",

The others hurriedly explained.

"I didn't expect Luo Fan's side to put down his body and deign to borrow troops from Huaidong at any cost,"

"It's still the unspeakable person, who personally brought the troops,"

"At least see the scale of a military order."

"To tell you the truth, they really lost unjustly when they were unprepared."

within the Bohai Bay; In the rolling wind and waves and humid atmosphere, Zong Ze was also urging his subordinates to adjust and accelerate the navigation according to the wind direction.

As an escort, the water battalion he organized and trained in Banqiao Town dispatched ten fully loaded warships of four large and six small. Therefore, he hoped that this trip would be worthwhile, and it could be regarded as a test of the results of the phased training of the coastal bandits.

You know,

In the case that Huaidong did not have the ability to build large sea ships, these standard warships from the Southern Dynasties sequence, even under daily repair and maintenance, would slowly age due to factors such as water pressure, salt, and moisture;

Therefore, every time you use it once, it is equivalent to one more loss; Therefore, most of the time, it is a reinforced and modified armed transport ship or a fast merchant ship to undertake the corresponding tasks.

Anyway, the vast majority of the pirates and smugglers they have to face do not have enough conditions to obtain and maintain, a high level of standard warships and supporting force.

I saw the banner of the Caoying sailors of the Northern Dynasty, as well as their clumsy boat shapes with round heads and complicated sail cables.

Although he didn't know why these guys who were stable in the inland river appeared on the coast of this inland sea, it didn't prevent him from taking the next step.

It is enough to know that these are enemies and are on their own routes.

"This is really a **** sent by myself......"

He muttered to himself.

Soon after, those ships belonging to the Northern Dynasty finally found the Huaidong warship with the water-rippled wind and thunder flag, approaching from the side to the back. I couldn't help but feel a little nervous and flustered, and almost successively raised the sails and steered, trying to get rid of it.

"Bed crossbow? ……”

Zong Ze sneered and looked at the hull of the ship that was hurriedly turned sideways, and used the arc that was thrown scattered from the side of the ship.

"Did they actually put this thing on the boat?"

"Speak the flag and ignore them...... Let's talk about it closer."

In fact, these scattered ballistas fell between the waves, and they disappeared in the waves without even touching the hull of the ship.

Because, unless you are an extremely experienced veteran, it has always been a luxury to accurately observe your opponent at a distance of 100 steps on the sea.

The temporary flagship where Zong Ze was located was equipped with ten long and short guns in each column on the left and right, and on the bow and stern, there were also three slightly smaller guns that could be turned on a light frame and used to counter the scattering guns used for broadside warfare.

But it is also necessary to test enough distance to use the density of the discharge to compensate for the loss of accuracy and accuracy.

"Let the light and fast sea falcon ship go around the front first"

Then he ordered again

"Exocet Ships Advance in a Straight Line ......"

"The left and right gun doors are ready to scatter and chain ...... on the other."

With the waving flags and the signal transmitted by the reflection of the lenses, the long column composed of more than a dozen warships suddenly separated, and they also scattered in all directions, splitting the waves and chasing the waves.

Not long after, in the rain of arrows counterattacked by the Caoying ship, a 500-material sea falcon ship had already taken the lead in grabbing the position of the side front.

"Putting ......"

With the loud roar of the gunners on the ship, like spring thunder, several huge clouds of smoke suddenly erupted from the side of the sea falcon ship, and the nearby Caoying ship made a kind of dull crash and click sound amid the whistling and shouting of the people on board.

But it was a chain bullet fired at close range, which was entangled in the sail cable, and suddenly tore the bulging sail, and broke it with a popping sound, and then under the action of the wind and its own inertia, the tip of the slightly thinner mast and the cable were torn off together.

For a while, the big ship slowly deflected in the violent swaying, and the speed of movement visible to the naked eye slowed down.

Encouraged by this precedent, more Caoying boats, like lone bison being chased by wolves in the grassland, grabbed and bitten and entangled one by one, and then naturally lost the speed of continuous detachment and escape.

For a while, the sound of cannons on the sea shook and fireworks erupted, and the big ships that were chased and stopped were not willing to sit still, and they all tried their best to fight with bows and arrows, crossbows, and fire canisters. Suddenly, roars, roars, shouts, screams and cries for mercy faintly rippled above the sea.

When Zong Ze's flagship also caught up, he directly lowered the sail to slow down and adjust the position, and aimed the side of the ship at the largest enemy ship that stopped slowly, and achieved a backward position that could be compared to a short parallel.

At this time, the two sides can already see each other clearly.

This is a large ship with a flat head and round belly of 2,000 materials, the most conspicuous thing is the building in the middle of the city tower, there are carved beams and painted lacquer on it, and the stern is embossed with the pattern of the blue-eyed water dividing beast, which looks majestic and solemn.

However, the counterattack on the other deck also followed, and in an instant, the rain of arrows flying in the sky swept down on Zong Ze's ship, and suddenly on the exposed forehead positions such as the sail, mast, deck, and side of the ship, there was a sparse tail feather and arrow shaft, which was mixed with some screams, which was an unlucky person who couldn't avoid being shot.

Then there were the small projectors on the ship, scattered with red-hot coals and canisters, but unfortunately they fell quite low, and most of them hit the sea-soaked gunwales, and were bounced away with a clatter, leaving only a pile of mottled stains and charred black remnants.

The soldiers on the opposite ship, who were now well trained in formation, and carrying swords, guns and spears, took cover in front of the crossbowmen, and gathered on the freeboard, but according to the orthodox strategy of water warfare, they were ready to fight against possible cross-board shocks and jumping gang battles.

But the first to respond to them was the gunners on the ship of Zong Zeza, only to see them squatting up from the probe that brushed the back of the board, and after the crackling gray smoke and dust bloomed, the crowd on the opposite side suddenly burst out with a series of screams, and they were beaten backwards and rolled down on the deck.

Even the crossbows that were being fired in rotation became sparse, and then the coal stoves and oil tanks stacked on the upper deck were also cracked and knocked over by the stray bullets, causing a small fire on the ship's floor, and several clouds of black smoke came out.

After several rounds of deck shooting, Zong Ze's ship was once again in a good position. I saw that the side suddenly turned over.

Ten gunwales on the rails on one side of the deck were exposed, and the muzzles filled with shotguns were slightly adjusted diagonally and suddenly fired upward, and a rain of bullets burst out in unison;

I saw that under the huge penetrating kinetic energy, the seemingly thick bulwark could not play a role in covering and protecting at all, and it was completely torn apart and exploded, along with those hiding behind, the soldiers who were originally running and fighting on the deck, were destroyed and torn apart by the dense projectiles in an instant, into countless bloody limbs and fragments of the ship's side;

Then, like a red waterfall rolled horizontally, it blew out from the other side of the hull, and splashed into the sea. In the blink of an eye, a large blank space of flesh and blood was cleared in the middle of the deck of the big ship.

At this time, the turret light guns of the bow and aft buildings were also aimed at the shipbuilding buildings on the other deck, completing the second round of suppression, and between the debris splashes, the blood of the big beach seemed to flow out of the gap in the smashed high-rise cabins.

Soon after, with the end of sporadic fighting on the ship, the last vestiges of resistance on board the ship were completely destroyed.

So, on the beach that had been temporarily cleared by the sea, I saw this fleet of ships with some broken sail cables and some smoky battle marks on their hulls; It's just that the scale of the expected delivery seems to have become much larger.