In front of Shulin, in addition to advancing and retreating, the only remaining way was to land and land nearby. Although it is not a water port for its own warships, and large ships cannot dock, small boats are still possible. They could all board small boats and land in small boats, just like the sailors of the Jieyi Army in the western waters of Jiaxing County.

The opponent's fleet has a lot of large ships, like their own big ships, with large hulls and deep drafts, so they cannot get close to the shore, and if they want to pursue, they can only borrow light boats to go ashore. However, when they came ashore, they became turtles in the urn, after all, the sailors of the Jieyi Army had approached here, and they had no reinforcements.

In addition, this island has been breached by the Jieyi army, and the fortifications on it must no longer exist. And the other party can also go ashore with the help of a small boat, or even go directly to the water port to dock, so that the advantage of the naval division of the Jieyi Army can be brought into play. In addition, since the Jieyi Army has already been on the island, who can ensure that there are no soldiers of the Jieyi Army on the island now?

"What to do? Fight or withdraw, or land? Time waits for no one, make a decision now! Shu Lin's face was gloomy, and he asked several leaders around him urgently.

"Withdraw, I'm afraid it won't work, and the landing will also fall into death. What the younger brother means, we still rush straight over, how much can we escape, how much. One of the strong men with a scar on his face said in a quiet voice.

"And the island? What about our families? What about the families of the brothers? Don't you want it all? Shu Mo, the leader of the three Shu family bandits, asked coldly. The reason why this Shujia Island is on Shujia Island is mainly because the leader of the water bandits here is Shu Lin, and more importantly, on this island, more than 100 families of the Shu family are on this island. It is also because the Shu family is here and occupies a great position among the water bandits, so Shu Lin has always been the big leader, and his position is very stable. There are five leaders of the water bandits, and three of them are all children of the Shu family.

"To? How do you want it now? Whether you can survive or not is still two words, one is not good, our whole army is exhausted, not to mention the family, even you and me, it is impossible to escape death. As long as we can live, family or something, will we still be missing? The strong man said in a deep voice.

"Why don't we abandon the big boat and go ashore in a small boat? Occupy the geographical advantage, we can also hold on for a while. In addition, Yan Mingfeng and the others sensed that something was wrong, and they would definitely return to support. One suggested in a deep voice.

"I'm afraid that Yan Mingfeng and they are there, and there is also a fleet of Jieyi Army ships attracting them, although there will not be many of them, but they must be very fast, pulling them far away. I want them to come back to support, but I am afraid that this island has already been attacked by the Jieyi army fleet. In addition, there are no rebels on the island, we don't know yet. However, since the Jieyi army can ambush us here, there must be people from the other side ambushing on this island. In addition, I am afraid that our family members have already fallen into the hands of the Jieyi army. The second leader, Xu Ying, said in a deep voice.

Xu Ying looked at Shu Lin, who was silent, and then said, "If the eldest brother is willing to surrender to the righteous army, then we can still save our family and the lives of our brothers." If you don't want to, then prepare for action immediately, the fleet of the Jie Yi army is already approaching. ”

Shu Lin gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and said coldly: "Since we met with the Jieyi Army, how can we flee in a hurry, I also want to understand the power of this Jieyi Army." Pass the order down and get ready for battle! ”

"Big brother, in order to prevent being attacked by the Jieyi Army, do we let the leaders take different warships separately, if they are not enemies, they can also take the opportunity to escape." The fifth leader, Xie Yang, looked at everyone and said in a deep voice.

Hearing what Xie Yang said, Shu Lin's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a smile: "It's okay, this warship is the sharpest of all our warships." When it comes to escaping, there is no greater chance than this. Therefore, brothers, stay with me. ”

Seeing that the enemy ship of the Shujia bandits on the opposite side not only did not retreat and dock, but instead raised the sails and accelerated to usher in the oars, Hu Le couldn't help but sigh secretly: "It's a pity, it would be great if they abandoned the ship directly and landed on the island, so that we could not only take the opponent's ship the most quickly, but also encircle and annihilate it on the island." That's right, on the island, Hu Le did arrange manpower. In his opinion, the biggest possibility of the Shu family bandits is to abandon the ship and dock, because the families of the Shu family bandits, especially their big leader, three leaders and four leaders, that is, the small clansmen of the Shu family, are all on the island. Therefore, they have the best chance of landing on the island, especially now that the army of the Jie Yi Army is approaching.

However, to Hu Le's surprise, the other party did not land on the island, but still came head-on, preparing to fight with his own side. To be honest, Hu Le was not willing to fight the other party. Because these water bandits have learned that the lair has been broken by the Jieyi army, then they still have to fight, and it is very likely that it will be a battle to the death. Hu Le was not afraid of the other party, but he wanted the other party's warship, and he also wanted to surrender the other party. After all, as soon as the war starts, both sides will inevitably have losses, and now the Jieyi army has to face other three-way water bandits, so they naturally don't want to lose too much here.

However, it is natural that the other party cannot decide for himself how to act. Therefore, after Hu Le only sighed, he ordered left and right: "Prepare to fight!" ”

The two sides were approaching, and both sides could already see the faces of the ships on the opposite side. Hu Le's side, who was familiar with the surrounding situation, Li Mingjie's second son Li Xingye was pointing to the largest warship on the opposite side to introduce Hu Le's leader to the other party, "General, the middle-aged man with a beard on his face is Shu Lin, the leader of the water bandits on Shujia Island, and the middle-aged man on his right side is the five leaders Xie Yang who we learned from the captives this time and took the initiative to contact the Qi army. ”

"Xie Yang is in charge of purchasing and getting rid of the goods looted by the bandits on Shujia Island, so this person has contacts with many big businessmen in Wuxing County, and has many contacts with the surrounding bandits, especially the water bandits whose nest is along the lake on land. It was our Li family, and we had a lot of dealings with this person in the past. ”

This man is a well-spoken man, and it is said that he was also a scholar earlier. But later, he offended some powerful person, so he had to live among the bandits. ”

Hu Le nodded and said, "No wonder he was able to connect with the people of the Qi army, I see." Unexpectedly, this person still yearns for officialdom. It's a pity that the ability of the water bandit is not as strong as he thought. It's not so easy to make them become Qi Army Water Divisions. Pass the order down and make the final preparations! Get ready for war! ”

On the ship, the winding winches of the bed crossbows on both sides clicked, the iron arrows of the giant crossbows as thick as spears shimmered with a cold glow, and the crossbowmen also methodically sat down and wound the crossbows with their feet. The archers also stretched out their bows and arrows until they reached the opposite side.

When they saw the bed crossbows, crossbows, and longbows and arrows on the opponent's ship, all pointing towards him, the Shujiadao bandits couldn't help but feel frightened by the hedgehog-like offensive posture on the opponent's warship.

Although the water bandits were frightened, under the military order of Shu Lin, they also began to draw their bows and arrows and prepare for battle. At the same time, they also began to erect their own wooden shields, trying to defend against the opponent's cold arrows and crossbows. And Shu Lin's flagship, guarded by several warships, began to penetrate the gaps in the warships of the Jieyi Army's sailors.

"Give the order to go down and let the warships in the rear cut diagonally and leave them all here. In addition, let the soldiers announce to each other that Shujia Island has been conquered by us, but their families are staying on the island intact. If they want their families to live, they must surrender to our rebels. Hu Le ordered in a deep voice.

"The general wants to break their hearts to the death?" Li Xingye said in a deep voice.

"Not only that, but I really want to persuade them to surrender. In addition to Shujia Island, there are also three-way water bandits in the north, and there are more enemies than us. If we defeat them, our strength will increase. If we fight them to the death, we will have attrition, which will be detrimental to the rest of the war. Hu Le is also happy to teach this studious young man in his twenties.

"Put!" At the forefront, two warships on both sides approached. With the shouts of the officers on the warships of the Jieyi Army, more than ten giant crossbow iron arrows as thick as spears were shot, stirring up waves on the left and right.

An arrow crossed diagonally into the opposite deck, and only a few screams were heard, and I didn't know how many people had pierced the giant arrow. A crossbow arrow even crossed the first Shujia Island bandit warship, pierced the second warship, and wounded several people. There were also a few crossbow arrows that directly smashed the shield wall above the bandit warship, piercing the soldiers behind it, and then nailed it to the deck after passing through several people. In short, in the effective range of the bed crossbow, how thick the shield and armor are ornaments.

When he saw the power brought by the bed crossbow of the Jieyi Army, Shu Lin's face suddenly turned blue. Because when the Qi army recruited them, they were also equipped with a batch of weapons. It's a pity that they haven't gone to the Wuxing County Government to get it, so they went out because the sailors of the Jieyi Army raided the Xu family manor. Looking at the power of these bed crossbows, Shu Lin couldn't wait to get the armor and equipment promised by the Qi army before he acted.

If you want to engage the opponent in the case of inferior armor and equipment, you can only rely on the broadside to fight. It's a pity that the other party won't give them a chance to engage in broadside battles, and the crossbowmen of the Jieyi Army's sailors suddenly fired a volley.

The Shujia bandit warship at the front, before it got close to the other party, had already been subjected to four rounds of fire from the side of the Jieyi army, and it was not a salvo of a warship. Because the warships of the Jieyi Army were redundant with the Shujia bandits, several ships were used against one at the beginning. As a result, several salvos of bed crossbows and bow crossbows, on the Shujia bandit warship at the front, there were nearly 100 sailors and boatmen, except for those who were greedy for life and afraid of death and jumped into the water to escape, less than 30 people could stand up, and next, what greeted them was the baptism of the next crossbowmen of the sailor warship of the Jieyi Army.

In an instant, the warships of both sides were in a mess, and compared to the big ships, each side first fired a volley with bed crossbows and crossbowmen, and then the superior broadside battle, and those small ships suffered. Especially after the sailors of the Jieyi Army had a building boat, they collided directly with the boat of the Shujia water bandits. It can be said that many small ships, in the face of building ships equipped with ramming angles, are not of the same level at all, and they are directly damaged by the other party. As for the soldiers and sailors on the warship, they all sank into the lake with the sailors, waiting for rescue. But at this time, where is there anyone who has the energy to pay attention to them?

The warship that Shu Lin was on naturally became the primary target of the Jieyi Army's naval division. At this moment, their largest warship had been baptized by a storm of arrows, and the side sides were almost densely packed with crossbow arrows, but fortunately, their ship's side was wrapped in raw cowhide, and although its whole body looked like a hedgehog, it was not shot through many holes. Water bandits crisscross the waters, and naturally have various means of defense against warships.

In addition, because the warships of the Jieyi army began to attack at a relatively long distance between the two sides, the power of crossbow arrows was much weaker, and most of the bows and arrows were hung on the side of the ship. But in any case, this round of crossbow arrows came down, and the flagship of the Shu family water bandits also became a hedgehog appearance, so the morale of the Shu family water bandits was greatly affected, they had never seen such a dense crossbow arrow, especially the bed crossbow, the threat was too great, even if they were killed with a shield guard, it could not guarantee their safety.

On top of Shu Lin's car, many of the bandits were secretly glad that most of the crossbow arrows were shot at the side of the ship, and if they were shot at them, I am afraid that there would not be even a trace left.

In fact, there were indeed a few bandits who couldn't dodge and were shot by the flying crossbow arrows, some of them were shattered on the spot, and the bones were gone, leaving only a faint pool of blood, and some fell off the deck, but in the process of falling, they were actually blocked by the crossbow arrows on the side of the ship, and they stumbled and did not fall to the water. Eventually, all of their bodies were hung on the side of the ship, and more crossbow arrows were fired, nailing them firmly to the side of the ship, making it as if they had merged with the ship as a whole.

"It's a pity that there is no small catapult on this ship, otherwise, we would have destroyed the big ship!" A non-commissioned officer of the Jie Yi Army couldn't help but sigh. He was born as a sailor in the Jieyi Army, so naturally he was able to shoot over the building ship with a catapult.

However, although there are no catapults, despite this, the Shujiadao water bandits have fully realized the strong strength of the water division of the Jieyi Army, and they are in the face of the overwhelming crossbow arrows. They didn't even have a chance to fight back. Even the most brave warriors had to bow their heads at this moment to dodge the arrows of the other party.

Bang......

Suddenly, on the left side of Schulin's car, a small clipper was directly concentrated by the crossbow arrows, and the small boat was directly pierced by the opponent's arm-thick bed crossbow. Flying wood chips splashed onto the decks of other warships around them. This is a small boat covering their flagship, because of its small size, it is also responsible for rescuing the Luo Shui soldiers at this moment.

However, there were too many warships of the Sailor of the Jieyi Army, and the crossbow arrows were too fierce, and countless crossbow arrows hit its sideboard, and a crack was forced there, and under the surge of the waves, the last crack became bigger and bigger, and finally cracked, and the whole Dou Clipper became two. Then more ferocious crossbow arrows came and sank it all into the water, and the bandits on the boat, who had no chance to escape at all, were all killed by the roaring crossbow arrows in the lake, which was already a dark red lake. At this point, it became even more bright red.

A large ship that was opening the way in front was stopped by the warships of the Sailing Army's sailors, and countless crossbow arrows and arrows suddenly covered them like a torrential rain.

Because the plan of Shu Lin and the others was to let the surrounding warships cover them, rush through the interception of the sailors of the Jieyi Army, and intersperse them. However, now the warships of the sailors of the Jieyi Army have all intervened diagonally, blocking all their paths. There have been three large armed merchant ships in a row that have been shot by the large ships of the Sailing Army's naval division, and their masts have been broken, slowing down, waiting to be captured by the Jieyi Army.

Some small boats, because after learning that Shujia Island was broken by the Jieyi army and their families had become prisoners of the Jieyi army, they had already put up a white flag and surrendered without being defeated by the other party. These, Shu Lin and others also saw it clearly.

The people of the Jieyi Army Sailor had already begun to persuade them to surrender, but Shu Lin and the others did not answer. Therefore, more and more warships of the Jieyi Army are approaching here, intercepting the warships of Shulin and others here, and letting them enter without waiting for an inch.

"Don't fall? Keep shooting! I don't believe that if your ship is about to sink, you will be silent. Hu Le ordered in a cold voice.

"Puff puff ......"

More than ten warships of the Jieyi Army frantically fired crossbow arrows, strafing the four big ships that were trapped in the middle of the other party, and soon, one of the warships of the Shujia bandits was injured, and its port side was shot through many fist-sized holes by fierce crossbow arrows, and occasionally there would be lake water poured in. Although sailors and boatmen were organized to clean up the stagnant water and prepare to repair the holes, the crossbow bolts from the outside occasionally came through these holes, nailing the sailors directly to the side of the ship on the other side. Under this rain of crossbow arrows, any attempt to stop them is self-defeating.

Not long after, this big ship, which was covering the flagship of the Shu family water bandits on the side, had a tendency to sink. Although it has not completely sunk now, as long as the Jieyi army continues to attack and they cannot repair the loopholes on it, the ship will not be repaired, and its sinking will also be its inevitable end.

However, Hu Le did not continue to order an attack on him, but began to persuade him to surrender. Because it entered the water, it couldn't keep up with several other big ships, and after being sandwiched between two Jieyi warships, this water bandit warship had to make a choice. As a last resort, the small leader on a warship lowered his sails and surrendered to the sailors of the Jieyi Army.

It was not the first bandit warship to be beaten and surrendered by the Jieyi army, nor was it the last. Throughout the battlefield, as the bandit flagships were besieged, the other warships surrendered one by one without being able to escape.