Seeing that the infantry alone could not break through Li Duoqi's sword and shield array without equipment, he turned around and whispered to the herald, and then ordered the withdrawal of the troops.

When the generals of Ningzhou on the North Island saw that the Goguryeo people had withdrawn, and the enemy ships on the sea were slowly turning around, they thought that the enemy was planning to give up the attack on Wuhu Island and couldn't help cheering loudly. But Li Duoqi didn't think so when he saw it, how could the enemy army retreat so easily if he dared to risk a surprise attack on Wuhu Island, he groaned for a while, and immediately ordered the front army, "Quickly retreat and withdraw to the North Island camp to defend."

Although the people of the Ningzhou Fenghuo Army did not understand Li Duoqi's intentions, the military orders were the only way for the sergeants to carry them out, so under the urging of the captains of each regiment, the Fenghuo Army also quickly withdrew to the Beidao camp.

The Ningzhou Wind and Fire Army had just retreated, only to see a few black spots appear in the sky, followed by a roaring sound, and a huge stone smashed a big hole in the place where the sword and shield camp was originally formed.

"It's a catapult!" After watching it for a while, everyone was afraid, this Goguryeo was cunning, and when they saw that they couldn't break the sword and shield array, they used the catapult on the battleship, but fortunately, Li Duoqi saw through the suspicion that the Goguryeo people withdrew their troops, otherwise this wave of attacks would have caused heavy casualties to the forward battalion.

Seeing that the Tang army had withdrawn from the attack range of his catapults, and that all the attacks had failed, he ordered the whole army to attack again, and at the same time ordered the catapults to directly attack the North Island camp and granary.

The beach was no longer blocked by the Tang saber and shield array, and the Goguryeo people and horses successfully landed on Wuhu Island, the Goguryeo people had catapults, and Li Duozhu's North Island naturally also had them, and Li Duoqi also ordered the catapults in the corner towers on the island to fire at the enemy ships, and the crossbows in the village were also filled with giant arrows several feet long and shot at the enemy formation on the island with a roar.

The close range has been white-edged. Catapults in the distance attacked each other, but Kitajima suffered. Because the Goguryeo warships could move back and forth to avoid the flying stone bullets, the buildings on the North Island were dead. You can't dodge, so you can only take the stone bullet thrown by the opponent.

For a time, the defensive buildings smashed by boulders could be seen everywhere in the North Island camp, and several large holes were also smashed out of the granary. Li Duozhu couldn't sit still now, Goguryeo's rogue style of play made him have to give up defense, because there were no warships to meet the enemy, and the only countermeasure now was to drive the Goguryeo people on the island into the sea, so that the enemy's catapults could not replenish the stone shells.

I just hope that the Goguryeo ships did not carry many stone bullets. It's better not to have oil and oil" Li Duoqi secretly prayed in his heart, and at the same time ordered the herald to set off fireworks to ask for help from Dengzhou, hoping that the Dengzhou Navy Division would arrive as soon as possible. At the same time, he ordered most of the defenders of the North Island to form a formation to drive the Goguryeo people off the island.

The little colonel had already seen blood at this time, so he was not afraid, he followed the captain closely, while using the shield in his hand to help the captain block the incoming weapon, and on the other hand, he used the horizontal knife in his hand to slash vigorously. There was a tug-of-war on the north island of Wuhu Island, where the enemy would be thrown into the sea and then washed up on the beach again under the cover of catapults; And the Ningzhou army will charge later. After a while, he had to dodge the stone bullets and retreat. As a result, the casualties on both sides are gradually increasing.

And what Li Duozhu feared most happened after the battle lasted for half a day, the Goguryeo catapult did not have stone shells, but fired oil cans, and the granary was hit by the blow of the oil canister and burst into flames.

At this time, Li Duoqi had already become a bloody man. The armor on his body was covered by blood, and he could no longer see the original color, looking at the robe that was constantly falling around him. Looking at the burning granary again, Li Duoqi arranged for people to put out the fire. While couldn't help but scold, "Pengzhou Water Master, I say you are an ancestor." It's been three hours, and it's time to climb over, why haven't you gotten to now? …… These dogs are called mongrels. ”

After scolding for a while, Li Duoqi shouted to the captain: "You are familiar with the terrain, I now order you to take a few people to rush to Pengzhou in a small boat immediately, and ask them to send sailors to help quickly, it will be difficult to protect this granary if it is too late!" ”

The lieutenant still had two arrows stuck in his body at this time, and blood could not stop oozing out of the armor, he received Li Duoqi's order, immediately turned around and shouted to the colonel, and then withdrew from the battlefield and went to the back mountain to drive a boat to Pengzhou for help.

After the captain left, Li Duoqi shouted to the generals again: "The fate of Di Shuai and us will all fight again, if the grain and grass of the army are destroyed, we will be punished by military law, who is willing to sacrifice their lives to die and then go to the water to attack the enemy ship?" ”

Knowing that swimming in the past to attack the enemy ship is tantamount to killing oneself, but without a battleship, the noinch alone does not pose a threat to the enemy ship at all, and there is no way to set fire to the enemy ship in the water. Several soldiers with good water characteristics stepped forward and formed a death squad to rush towards the enemy ship without hesitation.

Although the "death squads" bypassed Goguryeo's foot battle, they were killed in the sea by the archers of the enemy ships before they could swim in front of the enemy ships.

In the big tent of Guo Beifeng in Dengzhou, the grain transportation made Dugu Qingyun, the head of the Yalu Road march, and Liu Renyuan, the head of the Bi Lie Road march, come together, and they also saw the beacon signal of Wuhu Island before they hurried over, and as soon as they entered the big tent, Dugu Qingyun preemptively asked: "Does Manager Guo know what happened to Wuhu Island?" ”

Although Dugu Qingyun and Guo Beifeng are at the same level, but Dugu Qingyun is close to Empress Wu, Guo Beifeng does not dare to offend this person, in order to clean up Di Feng, he originally wanted to delay for a while before sending troops to rescue Wuhu Island, but now when he saw Dugu Qingyun asking, Guo Beifeng had to make up a nonsense and said: "This Wuhu Island warning is fireworks, I also saw it." But I am afraid that it was a feint attack by Goguryeo, the purpose of which was to lure our boat division out to the sea to help, and they were ambushed from it, so I have sent scouts to investigate, and there is no news about the specific situation. ”

Liu Renyuan, the head of the Biliedao march, was a straight man, he had a close personal relationship with Li Ji and Liu Renliang, and when he heard Guo Beifeng's words, he secretly scolded in his heart, "Guo Beifeng is a bastard." When are you going to find out? In case Wuhu Island fails, Li Ji's plan will all fall through. He couldn't help but ask: "When did my Da Tang Zhou Master start to be timid, the beacon smoke has been burning for three hours, if it is not extremely critical, how can Wuhu Island take this as a child's play?" What do you want to procrastinate? ”

When Guo Zhifeng heard that Liu Ren was willing to target him, he also said angrily: "A certain person in charge of the navy army naturally has to think about the safety of the navy, who will be responsible for the rash dispatch of troops before the situation is clear?" Isn't Manager Liu's words in the duty of Guo Mou's favoritism? ”

Dugu Qingyun saw that Guo and Liu were wrong, and just about to speak to persuade him, he heard someone outside the door shouting, "Wuhu Island Urgent Report!" ”。 With the cry, an officer barged in with the bloodied captain of Wuhu Island.

As soon as the captain entered the big tent, he didn't care about which one was the boss in the tent, so he shouted loudly: "Goguryeo sneak attack on Wuhu Island, our defenders have suffered heavy casualties in a hard battle for half a day, beg the commander to send a boat division to help as soon as possible, it will be difficult to protect Wuhu Island if it is too late!" ”

has reached this point, Guo Zhifeng has no reason to delay, he is busy ordering the Dengzhou Navy to sail. And Dugu Qingyun and Liu Renyuan also asked the captain about the situation on Wuhu Island at this time.

The captain told the story of the battle, and when the two heard Wuhu Island asking for help three times, Dengzhou did not move, and they couldn't help but scold at the same time, "Guo Zhifeng is a straw bag!" (To be continued.) )