The night was dark.

Lying on the shore, Huang Yuan's eyes were dark, and his ears were full of the sound of rushing water.

Wanting to distinguish the sound of the warship breaking from the sound of the river flowing, Huang Yuan didn't have that ability. But an old boatman beside him who has been running boats on the Zuojiang River for decades is saying very clearly, "There are at least ten boats here." ”

The old boatman's voice was trembling, obviously terrified of the battle that was about to begin, but Huang Yuan's heart was on fire, "I didn't expect the Jiaozhi people to really come over." ”

The day before yesterday, he was ordered to lead the army to attack Ruyuedu in the upper reaches of Lu. That section of the river is the widest, and correspondingly the most gentle section of the water, and it is one of the largest ferries on the Fura River. He thought that the army would cross the river from Ruyue, but after he had just captured Ruyuedu, who had no resistance, he was recruited back and guarded in the shipyard.

Of course, as a general from Guangyuan Prefecture, Huang Yuan could not be an independent guard. But the main general Yan Da personally led the army to sit in the shipyard and followed him, so Huang Yuan did not feel the slightest sense of humiliation.

Squinting his eyes, staring at the water not far away, he finally saw a cluster of black shadows slowly swimming upstream. Huang Yuan grinned fiercely and silently, and was finally able to fight a good battle with the Jiaozhi people.

Pulling the soldiers around him and ordering him to go back to the dock immediately to report, Huang Yuan turned around and looked at the fleet that was about to step into the trap, and gradually sailed towards the entrance of the waterway in the shipyard.

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With the help of the starlight reflected on the water, eleven cochin warships sailed smoothly into the tributaries of the Fura River.

Nguyen Tao stood at the bow of the ship, his eyes could not see what was happening on the water in the dim darkness of the night, and his fleet had risked running aground to enter the river, which was only fifty or sixty paces wide. Although the helmsman on the ship was equipped with a guide who was familiar with the waterway, none of them ran aground, which still made Ruan Tao overjoyed and relieved.

Waving back, Ruan Tao asked, "How far is it from the entrance of the shipyard?" ”

Warships can't pass through the reeds, and the ships built by the Song people won't come out of the reeds. The deep pond borrowed by the Song people's shipyard originally had an owner. The owner of the pond used to moor fishing boats to shelter from the wind and waves is now on Nguyen Tao's boat.

"Go back to the general, go past this piece of Ludang, and you will be there a mile further." The pond owner's voice trembled in reply, but Ruan Tao was already satisfied. Entering the waterway of the ship yard is right in front of you, and if you can succeed in the battle, you will be rich in the future.

If it was a decisive battle on land, he would not come over if he gave Ruan Tao ten times the number of troops. In a water war, he is not afraid. The reinforcements transferred by the Song people from the north could never be so easy if they wanted to dominate on the water.

The large oar at the stern of the ship shook slowly, trying not to make too loud noise, pushing the warship up the river.

"What's that?"

Ruan Tao suddenly found that on the right bank of the river, there was a black shadow more than a foot high, and the outline was obviously an artificial building, but it was by no means a house. If you look closely, you will find two more on the other side, three more. When I calmed down and looked again, I was surprised to find that there were more than a dozen of the same buildings.

"That's the watchtower built by the Song people on the riverside." Immediately behind the commander of the sailors, the detailed work that probed the news of the shipyard answered the question, "There are fourteen in total, and they were all built together with the shipyard. But they haven't been repaired yet, probably because it's going to be the New Year, so the work has been stopped. ”

Ruan Tao frowned, "This is what you said about the watchtower, is it really stopped?" After carefully observing it for a while, I confirmed Hosaku's reply, and my mood became better. Such an important building was not completed, and the Song people were really too arrogant. The eyes and ears on the outside are so negligent, and the defense inside will not be tight, so choosing to sneak attack during the New Year is really the right time.

Finally approached the entrance.

With a few soft thumps, eleven warships cautiously lowered the rocks in the middle of the river. One by one, the small boats were lowered from the warship, and in the blink of an eye, there were about forty of them. The carefully selected Dare who was hiding in the cabin also poured onto the deck.

"Arrived?" A general who was seven or eight points similar to Li Changjie, but was only a few years younger, stepped on the deck and asked very politely.

"It's time to return to the festival." Ruan Tao said respectfully.

The neat general is Li Changjie's younger brother Li Changxian, and at this time, Li Changjie can't let his family stay in a safe place.

Li Changxian didn't say much, followed the fishing net dragged down, and quietly descended to the small boat. When all the brave men were settled on the boat, they replaced the oars with knives and quickly rowed towards the waterway into the pond.

In the process, Ruan Tao, who had lowered his breath, quickly gasped for a few breaths, and finally a smile appeared on his face. It's all come to this point, and the Song people haven't even found out yet, it looks like this sneak attack has won!

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"Yesterday Chinese New Year's Eve didn't come, today finally arrived! Rare guests, but you have to be welcomed! Hearing the report, Yan Da laughed and stood up. Holding his helmet, he led the generals out of the humble barracks.

On the night of the first day of the first lunar month, there is no moon in the sky, only starlight. Since the beginning of the lunar month, most of the days are sunny, and if the people of Jiaozhi want to come to the shipyard to sneak attack, they can only choose the moonless New Year's Day.

There was no movement in the open space on the shipyard, several bonfires burned calmly, and seven or eight patrolling squads circled the camp. Every few moments, a group passed by the campfire, and everything was the same as it had been in the past month, making it feel like it was a night like no other.

However, if you change the generals who are familiar with military affairs to look at the layout of the field, you can find that the construction location of each barracks is placed in the easiest position to attack, not the safest place in the camp.

Yan Da came out of the barracks, and the generals behind him immediately dispersed silently and returned to the barracks where their team was.

More than a dozen pro-soldiers followed Yan Da, looking like ordinary patrolmen.

Yan Da raised his eyes and looked inside and outside the shipyard, he had been sitting here for more than half a month, and he could finally go back to make a business.

It only took nearly a month to hastily set up a shipyard, and there was no need to count on the building boats, and the ships could not be built, so they could only build a one-level boat for fishing boats, and at most a small boat that could only transport a dozen people. It is simply transporting troops, without any combat ability.

A small boat of more than a dozen people, as long as they move the oars together, will not be slow to cross the river. It's just that the main force from Kansai doesn't have many people who can swim, and they can't stand up straight when they stand on the boat, so they can't be expected to row with oars after they get on the boat. A group of boatmen were transferred from Zuojiang, plus a new army from Guangxi, and they relied on them to row boats.

As long as they can destroy a few ships of the Jiaozhi Naval Division, or even as long as they can be suppressed, the whole army can be dispatched and force the Fuliang River to cross the Fuliang River at the same time as the barbarian army. Once the official army and tens of thousands of barbarian troops arrived on the opposite bank, the next step was a replica of the north, and the officers and troops who crossed the river did not have to worry about food and grass at all, as long as they focused on attacking the city.

The shouts of killing suddenly sounded, shattering the silence of the Yuan night. From the waterway leading into the river, the voices of thousands of people were heard. Immediately afterward, a horn pierced the sky, which sounded a little hurried, but fell on the ears of everyone in the shipyard, and this was the signal for war.

The dark camp suddenly became brightly lit, and thousands of people were snatched out of the barracks, already well equipped, and hurried to the various points along the pre-drawn route.

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The sound of the horn sounded on the shore, and the shouts of the soldiers from Jiaozhi immediately suppressed the sound of the horn.

"Kill!"

Li Changxian waved his knife in high spirits and pointed forward. In this sneak attack, the Song people were completely unprepared, and this rapid trumpet sound represented the panic of the defenders.

The leader entered the waterway smoothly and approached the water gate of the shipyard. And the so-called water gate is just two rudimentary ropes. The boat yard behind the rope was so quiet that there were only a few lights on it, and other than that, there was no movement at all. It wasn't until they cut the rope and rushed into the shipyard that the shipyard guards reacted and hurried to blow the trumpet, but it was too late.

"Burn! Burn down the Song people's warships! Li Changxian proudly pointed at the small boats parked on the water in the dark, as well as the shipbuilding materials piled up on the shore, "All of them must be burned out!" ”

Hundreds of brave men on dozens of boats shouted in unison, creating a wave of thousands of troops attacking. There was no delay in their hands, and they were all igniting the rockets they were carrying, and they wanted to burn the Song people's shipyard with countless angry rockets.

With the sound of flint, the shipyard lit up.

Li Changxian's eyes widened, this light source did not come from the rockets on the ship, but from every corner of the shipyard, illuminating the water and illuminating the ship.

With a plop, the saber in Li Changxian's hand fell into the water, his legs were weak, and the whole person sat on the board.

Footsteps rang out from all directions, thousands of people came out of the houses in every corner of the shipyard, and an even more majestic roar was reflected from the ground back to the water, followed by the sound of strings.

Crossbow arrows slashed past him, and every moment he could bring a scream.

Looking at the dense figures in activity on both sides of the waterway, and listening to the strings of more and more heavy crossbows being fired, Li Changxian shouted angrily, "This is a trap!" ”

"That's not right...... It's a trap! ”

Ruan Tao's face turned pale, and he only looked at the boat yard that lit up in an instant, and he knew that something was wrong. If Song Jun hadn't been prepared, how could he have lit up the lights so neatly?

The commander of the Navy Division immediately decided: "Failed!" Blow the trumpet, and the whole army will retreat quickly! ”

But just as he opened his mouth to shout, several rockets burst through the air, leaving several bright red trails on Ruan Tao's retina. The end of the trajectory is not a ship, but the surface of the water. But the little flame that fell to the surface of the water seemed to be like a spark falling into a haystack, and a flash of fire suddenly burst up, and in an instant it spread out, turning into a sea of fire, and the surface of the river lit up in an instant.

The surface of the river was all oil, and the light from the fire below made Ruan Tao's face flicker, and the boat was also in chaos.

A loud roar stopped the chaos on the ship, and Ruan Tao shouted: "Don't panic, this fire can't be burned!" Cut the rope and get out of the way! ”

On every ship, by the winch where the stone pier was stored, there were not sailors, but soldiers with sharp axes in their hands. Ruan Tao was ready to cut the rope that tied him to the stone pier and flee at full speed if the fighter plane was unfavorable. This preparation now seems to be not wrong.

But it was too late.

With a loud bang, a column of water rose up beside Ruan Tao, splashing all the fishy river water on his body.

This is not the sound of stones falling into the water, but stones coming from the shore.