Updated: 2013-10-03

Thundered...... A boulder fell from the sky and landed in the water on the left side of the ship, making a deafening sound.

Whoa......

The boulder splashed the water column on the ground and poured directly on the body of the water bandits on the ship, and the huge impact of the water column washed several water bandits from the side of the ship into the water.

"Damn!" Looking at the Jieyi Army's naval warship chasing after him, Qu Yang's face was distorted and he cursed. He took the road and fled, but the righteous army behind him did not let him go. In particular, the several sky-shaking thunderbolts thrown out by the warship of the Jieyi Army before directly swept away the bandits in the area at the stern of his own building, and even he was almost injured by the iron beads 'shot' from the sky-shaking thunder explosion bomb.

What's more, because of the earth-shattering thunder used by the Jieyi Army, the morale of the soldiers on their own ship has plummeted, and the two 'bed' crossbows in the stern of the ship do not dare to be '' now. You know, ship-to-ship 'engagement' is entirely dominated by crossbows and trebuchets, and this is not a one-man battle at all, but a battle between every team, every ship's owner. Almost every weapon needs at least four to six people, and these six people must cooperate with each other to make the weapon powerful. Even if you have great skills, you can't pull the boulder up, or put it in the trebuchet, and you can't pull the crossbow away with your hands. The power of the individual becomes very small here, so small that it can even be ignored.

Therefore, the reduction of sailors and non-commissioned officers will weaken the combat strength of warships. For Qu Yang, the decrease in morale put him at a disadvantage.

"Hateful! When Lao Tzu goes back this time, he will definitely cooperate with the Qi army to make your righteous army look good! Qu Yang, who was angry, could only forcibly order more than ten water bandits to the stern of the ship to be responsible for the '' of the crossbow machines. At the same time, he also ordered a counterattack to begin on the ships.

He walked to the position of the trebuchet, and saw the bandits who had been '' the catapult standing with pale faces, and immediately scolded with a blue face, and ordered them to send the boulder to the 'shooting' rack. Then, more than a dozen sailors pulled the rope at the other end of the boom until they pulled the large fixed iron block high, and the rope that pulled the boom was straight.

"Click!" Qu Yang personally swung the knife vigorously and cut the rope in an instant.

"Whew!" The large piece of iron fell quickly, and the boom was carried down in a hurry, and the other end was lifted, so the boulder was thrown fiercely, spinning irregularly in the sky, and smashing into the target in front of it. The hit rate of the boulders thrown by this kind of catapult is often very low, because the weight and shape of each boulder are different, and when they are thrown, the trajectory left is naturally different, in addition, there is also the shaking of the hull, so even if the boulder is thrown in the same direction, it often falls in different directions.

But if it is hit, the consequences are absolutely bad, especially for those very small warships, and no one knows if it will happen from the sky. Fortunately, trebuchets are slow to 'shoot'. The survivability itself is also low, especially the long boom, which is often the target of enemy attacks, and if the boom breaks, the trebuchet is useless.

It's a pity that this time it failed to hit the warships of the Jieyi Army in the rear. However, Qu Yang's personal participation in the battle also restored the vitality of the water bandits, so that they would not continue to stand stupidly.

"Big brother, we can't continue to escape, if we don't destroy this Jieyi army warship in the rear, we will be stranded here by them sooner or later, if the other warships of the Jieyi army behind follow, we can ......" Qu Ming, another leader, said to Qu Yang in a hurry, "If we destroy them first, we can leave without hindrance." ”

Qu Yang also understood that fleeing like this would only put his own warship in a disadvantageous situation. Perhaps, if the warships of the Righteous Army in the rear attack like this a few times, there will be few people in their own building ships.

"Okay, turn around and fight them to the death, I want to see if they are powerful in the righteous army, or if our Taihu water bandits are powerful. If they want to encircle us, they have to have that ability. Qu Yang gritted his teeth and said coldly.

At the same time that the water bandits were fighting with the water division of the Jieyi Army, the nest of the water bandits in Songling Town was also attacked by the Jieyi Army. Songling Town, like Linhu Town, was originally a waterfront village in the eastern part of Taihu Lake. In the past, it was also a village and town mainly engaged in fishing, and later it was also the same as Linhu Town, the nest of water bandits outside the city.

Songling Town faces a lake on one side and a river on both sides, and after being blocked by the only passage by the bandits, it has become a nest for the bandits. The local government also encircled and suppressed it, but when the government garrison attacked, all these bandits hid on the water and harassed the garrison army occupying the township, causing the garrison to suffer heavy losses overnight. In the end, they had to retreat and let the water bandits occupy the place. In addition, the water bandits here sent a lot of money and government officials, and they did not disturb the government, so they were allowed to occupy this place.

However, today they were surrounded and suppressed by the righteous army. After all, this place also belongs to the land under the rule of Wu County. At the same time that most of the Songling water bandits went to raid and intercept the goods of the Jieyi Army, the army of the Jieyi Army quietly entered the place and besieged Songling Town. In order to prevent these bandits from escaping from the water, the western waters of Songling Town have been blocked by the warships of the Sailing Army's sailors.

Because the Songling water bandits never thought that there would be an army to raid here. Therefore, when the warship of the water village in the east of Songling Town caught fire and the water village was burned, Qu Lin, the leader of the water bandits who stayed behind, suddenly panicked.

After the water village was burned down, Lin Zhan, who was in charge of the operation, understood that the overall situation of Songling Town had been decided. The water bandits and water village were destroyed, and they had no possibility of escaping. Immediately, he ordered the soldiers outside the town to attack. There were not many water bandits left in Songling Town, and in addition, the water village was destroyed, and countless warships were lost. Therefore, when thousands of rebel armies entered the town, the families of these water bandits and the remaining water bandits were powerless to resist. Especially after the Jieyi Army used the Heaven-Shaking Thunder to destroy several checkpoints set up by the water bandits in the town, the rest of the thousands of family members and thousands of water bandits surrendered directly. Of course, the leader of the water bandits, Qu Lin, and the eight hundred diehards of the water bandits, all of them were killed by the Jieyi army.

"Send people to put out the fire, this will be our territory from now on, and these warships are also our righteous army, do you still watch them burned?" After the captains of each department reported the results of the battle, Lin Zhan hurriedly ordered the soldiers below to organize people to fight the fire. Although most of the bandits' warships were mobilized to rob and kill their own fleets transporting supplies, there were still many ships left here. Even if it can't be used as a warship, it can still be used as a civilian use. Damage is easy to make difficult, Gu Shan told everyone when arranging the mission to keep these warships and various materials as much as possible.

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The situation in Songling Town, Qu Yang, who was still commanding the warships to fight against the Qi army, naturally didn't know, of course, he couldn't care about it at the moment. If he can't destroy the enemy warship in front of him, let alone anything else, even his own 'life' will not be saved. In fact, at this moment, Quyang is already a little worried about the nest in Songling Town. Since his operation is a ruse of the righteous army, will his lair be safe?

Damn, I didn't think that the rebel army could still hit our attention when it was 'engaging' with the Qi army, I was too careless. The Linhu bandits who were able to win over Hu Le and the three-way bandits in the east had been preparing for many days. I just don't know how Songling Town is now, I hope this kid Qulin can ......

"Boom ......" came again with a loud bang, bringing Qu Yang back to his senses in shock. The hull that began to shake told him that the sound was the sound of ships colliding with each other. Qu Yang subconsciously looked at his right, just when the two boats were moving opposite each other, the other party hit his building boat hard with the side side, and then quickly turned away, and at the same time went around in a circle, and continued to rush towards his building boat.

"Boom...... "This is the earth-shattering thunder explosion thrown in by the Jieyi Army just now when it was 'approaching'. All of a sudden, the sawdust on the building ship flew 'chaotically', screaming again and again. The earth-shattering thunder of the Jieyi Army was too lethal to the soldiers, and although the damage to the warships was very small, the soldiers suffered greatly. The consequence was that no one went to '' the warship for a while, and many soldiers were dizzy and 'dazzled' by the explosion of earth-shattering thunder, and other soldiers were also panicked, the deterrent power of this weapon was too powerful.

"Turn left! Where's the death, people, all move! Fast! Fast! ”

Qu Yang heard the voice of the old sailor who was in charge of '' the warship, which was already a little hurried, and there was a trace of fear and uneasiness in his voice.

"Move for me, what are you afraid of? If the ship is rammed by the other side, we will all die and have no place to bury, so let me rise up and fight! Qu Yang yelled.

"Big brother, we can't fight with each other at a distance, we have to engage in 'hand-to-hand' combat with them, which is our specialty. And the advantage of the rebel sailors in this section is that their weapons are better than ours. Especially the earth-shattering thunder, if it continues like this, I am afraid that there will be few soldiers left on our warship. Qu Ming rushed to Qu Yang and hurriedly suggested.

Under Qu Yang's angry shouts and the survival of the sailors, the water bandits' building ship finally avoided the collision of the Jieyi Army's naval division warship.

"It's a pity!" Qin Shouyi looked at the other party and dodged his own collision, and said with some regret. If it is hit, the waist of the opponent's ship will be hit by the corner of the ship, which will be a hole at best, and will break the opponent's ship at worst.

"Captain, our earth-shattering thunder is gone!"

"It's gone, it's gone, this thing was originally meant to deter the other party, and we want to rely on them to win, but now we don't want to think about it." Qin Shouyi said in a deep voice. Not to say that they are not familiar with the Heaven-Shaking Thunder, even if they are familiar, they don't have enough of this weapon. These earth-shattering thunders on this warship were just given to them by Zhao Jun as a surprise soldier. To put it bluntly, it is to give them the courage to take this action. Besides, Qin Shouyi, who was born in the Zhao Army, has never been afraid to 'engage' the enemy head-on.

"Let the catapult prepare, the crossbow machine is also ready, since there is no earth-shattering thunder, then use the existing weapons to stop the building ship on the opposite side, or be sunk." Qin Shouyi said lightly. Originally, he also wanted to use earth-shattering lightning to kill the water bandits, deter the enemy's courage, and subdue the enemy ship. Now it seems that this is not easy.

"Ready!" Looking at the enemy warship that was beginning to twist its shape in front of it, the officer on the warship of the Jieyi Army began to give orders. The two trebuchets on top of the warship pulled the boom high, just waiting for a thousand blows.

Seeing that the opponent's speed of movement was minimized because of the reversal of the opponent's shape, Qin Shou's eyes narrowed, and he ordered fiercely: "Release!" ”

The sailor slashed the rope, and the two boulders roared away.

"Knock...... Knock ......" Two boulders made a loud noise one after another, one flew past the water bandit warship, landed in front, and 'stirred' up the water column to fly and 'shoot' into the air. Another boulder landed on the left side of the opponent's warship, making an extremely dull sound, and the black bandit battle could be seen visibly shaken. The fore and aft masts were shaking violently, the sails crackled, and at least three sailors fell from the masts and fell directly onto the deck, presumably not surviving. Although the boulder did not hit the deck directly, it smashed into the side side, and immediately smashed a 'hole' the size of a millstone, and the lake water rushed into it.

"Haha...... Hit the ...... Look at you still running! Suddenly, there was a cheer from the warship of the Jieyi Army. I don't know how many times I threw 'shot', but this time I finally hit the other party, which is really not easy. Of course, this is also related to the night. Although you can see the opponent's ship because of the fire in the distance and the fire on the ship, it is not as easy to attack as the daylight.

"Chirp ......" Of course, Qin Shouyi would not be satisfied, and the crossbow arrows on the ship immediately continued to wield, and they all shot at the opponent's warship.

"Puff puff puff ......" I don't know if these crossbow arrows 'shot' the bandits or 'shot' at a certain position on the warship, in short, all kinds of voices came out one after another. It wasn't until those screams came out that the sailors of the Jieyi Army understood that the crossbow arrows they had 'shot' earlier had not been 'shot' in vain.

"Captain, our reinforcements have arrived!" At this moment, a flash of fire came from the rear. Through the firelight, Qin Shouyi could see that it was four or five warships, and the flags on them were suddenly the flags of the Jieyi Army.

Compared with the joy of the Jieyi army, there was a panic on the bandit warship. The ship was knocked out of a hole, and the lake was pouring in, which made the bandits feel like they were dead. When they saw the other warships of the Jie Yijun Army in the rear killing, these bandits were truly desperate.

Soon, under the control of Qin Shouyi, coupled with the fact that the water bandit warship was broken, the water bandits' morale was lost, no matter how angry Quyang roared, he was unable to 'arouse' the fighting spirit of the water bandits, and the result was naturally that they were besieged by the Jieyi army's warships.

"Quyang! You have been defeated, surrender! Hu Le, the captain of the Jieyi Army who caught up, stood at the bow of the boat, looked at the enemy warships besieged by his own group, and said indifferently.

"Hu Le! I didn't expect that the leader of the dignified road would become the lackey of the Jieyi Army, and he would even be with the Jieyi Army, calculating that he would be on a par with us, Lao Tzu and you, which is simply a humiliation. Qu Yang appeared at the bow of the ship and roared with anger on his face.

Hu Le sneered: "Don't say it so ugly, what were you and I in the past?" It is a water bandit, an enemy of the Qi Military Mansion, and a water bandit spurned by everyone in the mouths of the people. What about the Righteous Army? They are much more prestigious than you and me. In the past, he was a water bandit, and today he is a water army, and I am very satisfied that Hu Le has done this step. But what about you, you are still a water bandit, a water bandit that the Qi army and the Jieyi army will fight, and a lost dog, you are not qualified to say this about me. ”

"Lao Tzu took thousands of subordinates and tens of thousands of family members to merge into the Jieyi Army, which can keep them from being oppressed by the government, give them an upright identity, and make their lives better. What about you? You're just raiding passing merchant ships? Waiting for the government's encirclement and suppression in the future? Let your brothers and their families be meritorious in the hands of government soldiers? ”

"By the way, I forgot to tell you, at the same time that you raided us, the army of our Jieyi Army also raided your Songling Town. Come to think of it, with the men and horses left behind in Songling Town, you shouldn't be the opponent of my righteous army. If Captain Bendu's estimation is correct, Songling Town has been taken by our Jie Yi Army. So, from now on, you are no longer the leader of the Songling Water Bandits, but a loner. Now there are only two paths in front of you, surrender or die! ”

"You ......" Hearing Hu Le say this, Qu Yang's face suddenly distorted, and the worry in his heart finally became a reality. Immediately pointed at Hu Le and roared fiercely: "If you want Lao Tzu to surrender to you, don't even think about it, brothers, 'shoot' him to death for me!" ”

"Stubborn! Kill, not a single one is left! Hu Le said coldly. Originally, I wanted the other party to surrender, so that with the influence of myself and the other party in this water, I could recruit more suitable water bandits. However, from the other party's hateful eyes, Hu Le understood that the other party would not surrender, and even if he surrendered, he would not sincerely cooperate with the Jieyi Army. That is the case, then he must be left behind.

"Putting ......"

Chirp tweet! The crossbow machines on the four or five warships 'fired' arrows at the same time, covering the warship where Quyang was like a storm. In an instant, countless pillars of blood rose into the sky, and the blood qi was permeated, and the sawdust on the warship was flying, making the entire warship gradually dyed with blood-red 'color'. And Qu Yang, needless to say, was 'shot' by several crossbow arrows at the beginning, and was immediately 'shot' to pieces......

As soon as Qu Yang died, the sailors above were basically dead, and the sailors in the cabin naturally surrendered directly, and then, after the warship was simply repaired, it was towed away by the Jieyi Army.